| Particle type | list | used after nominal? | used after verbial? | connects to nouns? | connects to verbial? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case particles | ga, wo, ni, de, kara, made, e, to | yes | rarely1 | no | yes |
| Parallel particles | wa, mo, koso, sae, nara etc. | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Genitive (attributive) particles | no, na, tte, ga | yes | only tte | yes | rarely[2] |
| Quoting particles | to, tte | rarely | yes | no | yes |
| Sentence ending particles | yo, ne, wa, ka, sa, zo, ze, na | yes | yes | no | no |
| Sentence linking particles | ga, kedo/keredo, nara/naraba, to | no | yes | no | yes |
| Quasi particles (nouns/suffixes) | dake, hodo, bakari (bakka), kurai/gurai, mitai, etc. | yes | yes | no | yes |