plain form

〜場合N3

in the case that; if — a hypothetical or foreseen scenario named as a condition

〜ばかりでなくN3

not only ... (but also)

〜ばかりかN2

not only ... but even

〜だけあってN2

as one would expect; no wonder — a favourable trait or history explains an equally favourable result

〜だけでなくN3

not only ... (but also)

〜だけましだN2

at least X — a bad situation beats the worse alternative it's measured against

〜だけにN2

all the more so; given how much X — the extent of the reason sets the size of the result

〜だけのことはあるN2

no wonder; that explains it — X fully lives up to what one would expect

〜かN4

embedded question — who/what/where inside a sentence

〜ふりをするN3

pretend to; act as if

〜がN5

but; and — contrast or soft preamble

〜反面N2

on the other side of it — one thing, and its opposite-valued second side

〜以上はN2

now that; given that — a fact already true commits the speaker to what follows

〜一方でN2

while; on the other hand — two facets of one topic set side by side

〜かどうかN4

whether or not

〜かのようだN2

as if; just as though — a likeness the speaker knows is not the fact

〜からこそN2

precisely because; this reason and no other is what did it

〜からにはN2

since; now that — a stated premise makes a firm conclusion unavoidable

〜からN5

because; so — the speaker's own reason

〜からといってN2

just because X, that doesn't mean Y — the reason is granted, the inference refused

〜代わりにN3

instead of N; in place of N; instead of doing — also, to compensate

〜けどN5

but; though — the spoken-default connective

〜ことかN2

how very X!; what a lot of X! — a rhetorical exclamation, not a real question

〜くせにN3

even though; and yet — contemptuous, the subject should know or act better

〜のも当然だN2

it's only natural that; no wonder — a stated reason makes the reaction unsurprising

〜ものだからN2

because — offered as an excuse the speaker could not help

〜ものN2

'cause; but I — a reason pushed back at the hearer, sentence-final

〜んですN4

it's that…; you see — marks the utterance as an explanation

〜ならN4

if (that's the case); as for — condition taken from context

〜に違いないN3

must be; surely is (a confident conclusion)

〜からにほかならないN2

is nothing other than; is precisely — the true identity or cause named, with no room for rival explanations

〜に決まっているN2

of course it is; is bound to be — the speaker treats it as beyond argument

〜にせよN2

even if; whether — a case granted in writing, and denied any effect on the conclusion

〜にしてもN3

even granting; even if it's the case that — concedes one case among several

〜にしてはN2

for a N; considering it is N — the result does not match the standard N sets

〜に相違ないN2

beyond doubt; there is no doubt that (written-formal)

〜のに対してN3

toward; against; in response to N — also: in contrast to N

〜にもかかわらずN2

despite; in spite of — the fact is established, and what it led you to expect did not follow

〜のでN4

because; since — reason as circumstance

〜のみならずN2

not only ... but also (written)

〜のにN4

even though; despite; and yet

〜おかげでN3

thanks to; because of N — crediting a welcome result to N

〜らしいN4

apparently; I gather; typical of

〜せいでN3

because of; on account of — blaming an unwanted result on N

〜せいかN2

perhaps because; maybe it's because — the cause offered only as a guess

〜しN4

and what's more — stacking reasons

〜そうだN4

I hear that; they say that

〜と言ってもN3

having said that; though I say X — walks back the strength of a claim just made

〜ということはN2

which means; so in other words — taking what was just said as a premise

〜ということN3

the fact that; that means; I hear that

〜というよりN3

rather than saying ...; more like ...

〜とかでN2

apparently; something about — a reason heard second-hand and not pinned down

〜と考えられるN2

it can reasonably be concluded that; is to be regarded as

〜と思うN4

I think that; in my opinion

〜としたらN3

supposing that; if we assume — a hypothesis set up for argument's sake

〜としてもN2

even supposing; even if we take it that — concedes a set-up hypothesis

〜とはいえN2

that said; granted — the point is conceded, then turned against

〜ところを見るとN2

judging from the fact that; going by the look of it

〜とは限らないN3

not necessarily; not always the case

〜ってN3

I heard that; they say — casual spoken stand-in for という／とのことだ

〜わけだN3

so that means; that's why; no wonder

〜わけではないN3

it's not that; doesn't necessarily mean that

〜わけがないN3

there's no way that; it's impossible that

〜わりにN3

considering ...; more/less than expected given ...

〜ようだN4

it seems; it appears; like

〜ような気がするN3

I have a feeling that; it seems to me that