Grammar
Grammar in Origa is a structured reference linked to your vocabulary. This page covers how the reference is organized, how examples are chosen, and how grammar enters your reviews.
JLPT-organized reference
The grammar reference is organized by JLPT level, from N5 (beginner) through N1 (advanced). Each entry covers a specific grammar point — a particle usage, a conjugation pattern, a sentence-ending expression, a connective.
Browse the reference by level, or jump to a specific point from a lesson or from text you are reading.
Contextual examples
Every grammar point is illustrated with example sentences. The key feature: examples use vocabulary you have already learned. Origa picks examples from a pool and prefers ones whose words are in your collection.
This means grammar is not abstract. When you see a pattern, the words are familiar; you focus on the pattern itself, not on decoding the vocabulary around it.
If you have not yet learned enough vocabulary for a given grammar point, examples may include unfamiliar words. The furigana and translation still display.
Searching grammar
When you are reading Japanese text outside of Origa — in a book, on a webpage, in a subtitle — and you encounter a pattern you do not recognize, you can search for it. Origa indexes grammar points by their typical surface forms, so a search by the relevant particle or verb form usually finds the entry.
Grammar in lessons
Grammar points enter your review cycle when you add them. You can add them from the reference, or Origa can suggest them based on your JLPT level during onboarding.
In a lesson, grammar cards take several shapes:
- Pattern identification. You see a sentence and identify which grammar point it illustrates.
- Completion. You fill in the missing part of a pattern.
- Mutation. You transform a sentence using a specific pattern.
Like vocabulary cards, grammar cards are rated with Don't know / Know and scheduled with FSRS.