カジュアルな会話

## What it means Relaxed, everyday Japanese conversation skips a lot of the 'extra' pieces that textbook sentences include — small particles disappear, and question marks turn into just a rise in your voice.

## When to use it With friends or family, speakers often drop **を、へ、は、が** when the meaning is still obvious from context (これ食べる? instead of これを食べる?). Instead of adding か to ask a question, just raise your voice at the end of the sentence (暇?↗). And instead of the slightly stiffer が for 'but,' casual speech usually uses **けど** (楽しかったけど、疲れた).

## Don't confuse it with This is different from **普通形** (plain form): you can drop particles while still speaking politely with です/ます, and you can keep every particle while using plain form. They're two separate dials that both make speech feel more casual. A common mistake is dropping a particle right after introducing a brand-new topic, which can leave the listener confused about what you're talking about.