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GrammarBook N5: The Particle は (topic marker)

  • 30 Dec, 2025
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N5-G-007

は (Topic Marker)

Core / Particle

👀 Layer A: Visual Guide (直感理解)

📝 Quick Summary (まとめ)

「は」は、文(ぶん)の主人公(しゅじんこう)にスポットライトを当(あ)てる役目(やくめ)をします。「〜について話(はな)しますよ!」という合図(あいず)です。
“WA” acts like a spotlight. It highlights the Topic of the sentence. It signals: “I am going to talk about THIS now.”

「は」 (WA) = Topic Marker (The Spotlight).
Structure = [Topic] は [Comment/Description].

🔍 Layer B: Deepening (深掘り)

💡 Raya’s Hack (攻略法)

この字(じ)は忍者(にんじゃ)だよ!普段(ふだん)は「ハ (HA)」って読(よ)むけど、助詞(じょし)になるときだけ変身(へんしん)して「ワ (WA)」って読(よ)むんだ。書(か)くときは「は」だよ!

This character is a Ninja! Usually read as “HA”, but when it works as a particle, it disguises itself as “WA”. Remember: Write “HA”, Say “WA”!

🚧 Joy’s Mistake (よくある間違い)

Scene: Joy writing a message to Ken.

Joy: 「わたし わ ケンです」
(Watashi wa Ken desu – written with ‘wa’)

❌ Wrong!

Why?

音(おと)は「ワ」ですが、文字(もじ)は「は」を使(つか)います。「わ」と書(か)いてはいけません。

The sound is “WA”, but we MUST write the character “HA” (は). Never write “わ” for the particle.

🔥 Layer C: Practice Loop

Now it’s time to test your learning through the next 10 practice drills!

Level 1: Basic

Q1. Watashi ___ Joy desu.

答え: wa (は)

(I am Joy.)

Q2. Kore ___ pen desu.

答え: wa (は)

(This is a pen.)

Q3. Ken ___ sensei desu.

答え: wa (は)

(Ken is a teacher.)

Q4. Ashita ___ nichiyoubi desu.

答え: wa (は)

(Tomorrow is Sunday.)

Q5. Are ___ byouin desu.

答え: wa (は)

(That over there is a hospital.)

Level 2: Advanced

Q6. 今日(きょう)__ 月曜日(げつようび)です。

答え: は (wa)

(Today is Monday.)

Q7. 私(わたし)の 名前(なまえ) __ 田中(たなか)です。

答え: は (wa)

(My name is Tanaka.)

Q8. Select the correct Hiragana: Watashi [ wa ] Gakusei desu.

答え: は (HA)

(Not “わ”!)

Q9. Translate: “As for me, (I) am Japanese.”

答え: 私(わたし) は 日本人(にほんじん) です。

(Watashi wa nihonjin desu.)

Q10. Translate: “This is a book.”

答え: これ は 本(ほん) です。

(Kore wa hon desu.)

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