N5 grammar

〜方

How to do something

Formation

方 turns a verb into the way of doing it: how to read, how to make. The result is a noun, so it takes の and が and を like any other. Ask for the 使い方 when you want instructions rather than permission.

Examples

〜方 is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. I do not know how to use it.

  2. We learned how to read English.

  3. I like the way you walk.

  4. He taught me how to write.

  5. Do you know how to cook rice well?

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.