Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Check out these two sentences: "I'll just end up falling asleep" and "The more I read, the smarter I feel." As you can see, the first sentence discusses an outcome. The second sentence expresses something becoming more, or increasing. It might sound complicated, but trust me, you use these sentence patterns constantly. This upper intermediate Japanese lesson shows you just how important these types of phrases are to the Japanese language. Learn ~ no ga ochi da ("it results in doing something") and ~suru ippō da ("something becomes -er and -er"). After reading the example sentences and the helpful chart in this lesson, you'll love using these Japanese phrases.

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