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JLPT N3 Lesson 9: Reading Newspaper Japanese

Overview Newspaper Japanese ( shinbun-go , 新聞語) represents one of the most distinctive written registers in the language. Its grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure differ significantly from both casual speech and standard polite written Japanese. At the N3 level, you will encounter newspaper-style texts in the Reading section, and understanding their conventions is the key to scoring well. The good news is that newspaper style follows consistent, learnable patterns—once you...

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〜といえども (although / even though — formal concessive)

〜といえども Formality Level: Formal / Literary — formal speeches, legal documents, academic argumentation Classical Origin: といえども derives from と (quotative particle) + 言え (imperative/conditional form of 言う, "to say") + ども (classical concessive particle). In classical Japanese, ども was the standard concessive particle (equivalent to modern けれども). The literal meaning is "even if one were to say that X." The pattern appears throughout medieval Japanese legal and philosophical texts and...