This is the support page for the video Groping in the Darkness (If you haven’t seen it, you can find it at the end of this page).

Here we provide links to the various video lessons in which all the main structure points touched on in the video are examined in depth.

This is the third part of the story. For the analysis of the earlier parts:

First part of the story.

Second part of the story.

Full story (without commentary) at Akasic Tails.

Links for this third part:

Self-move vs other-move: important at various points in the video and a key to Japanese.

Verb-stem system (あ-stem, い-stem etc.) The backbone of Japanese.

いる・ある the real difference (“volition” rather than simple sentience)

Appeared to have…. らしい and other conjectures.

….done gone to sleep. Use of しまう・しまった・ちゃった.

Self-address particle な.

Proposition-marking function of particle か.

Adverbial nouns (and noun-centered nature of Japanese).

Compound sentences.

Modifying-clause structure.

○○ておく placing an action.

ことにする deciding on a course of action.

A,B にする turn A into B

So now that you can find the main structural points covered, why not re-watch the video!