Japanese 半面(はんめん) grammar hanmen

Japanese 半面(はんめん) grammar hanmen
Japanese 半面(はんめん) grammar hanmen

Let’s learn Japanese 半面(はんめん) grammar hanmen :

JLPT level : N3

Formation :

Nである+半面
Aな(keep な)/である+半面
Aい+半面
Vる+半面

Meaning and how to use :

1.”inside one object there are 2 states that are stay oposite to each other”. Usually is translated that “In contrast, in the other hand,…”

For example
社長の仕事は面白い反面、いろいろなストレスがる。
Shachō no shigoto wa omoshiroi hanmen, iroiro na sutoresu garu.
Director’s work is very interesting. In the other hand it’s so stressful.

仕事を辞めて暇な時間が増える半面、お金も大事になる。
shigoto o yame te hima na jikan ga fueru hanmen, okane mo daiji ni naru.
Leaving job bring us a lot of sparse time, but finance now becomes such important.

人暮らしは自由な反面、寂しい時もある。
hito kurashi wa jiyū na hanmen, sabishii toki mo aru.
Living alone is free. In the other hand, it will be very lonely.

留学するときに、いろいろな経験ができる反面、言語の困りに会う。
ryūgaku suru toki ni, iroiro na keiken ga dekiru hanmen, gengo no komari ni au.
We can gain many experience when studying abroad, but we might face language barrier.

都会に住んでいるのはショッピングに便利である反面、交通はとても複雑です。
tokai ni sun de iru no wa shoppingu ni benri de aru hanmen, kōtsū wa totemo fukuzatsu desu.
Living in city is convenient. However, tracfic system here is very complicate.

Related structures :

above is Japanese 半面(はんめん) grammar hanmen. if you don’t understand the signs we used in fomation, you can find their meaning here : signs used in Japanese grammar structures.

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