〜にします
decide on ~
Express an intention, decision, or scheduled action.
Remember it
Put the future action into your plan with 〜にします.
Understand
Build the pattern
Sentence formula
How it works
「〜にします」 means "decide on ~". Structure: Noun + にします. This is a JLPT N5 pattern — the examples below slot different everyday and workplace words into the same structure so you can see how it behaves. Learn the structure, then swap in your own words.
When to use it
Use it for weekends, appointments, project plans, and personal goals.
Tone: Polite
A safe choice for everyday conversations, shops, school, and the workplace.
Use
Hear it in real life
Everyday life
Example 1昼ご飯は水にします。
ひるごはんはみずにします。
hirugohanhamizunishimasu.
I will have the water for lunch.
Everyday life
Example 2昼ご飯はかばんにします。
ひるごはんはかばんにします。
hirugohanhakabannishimasu.
I will have the bag for lunch.
Everyday life
Example 3昼ご飯は時計にします。
ひるごはんはとけいにします。
hirugohanhatokeinishimasu.
I will have the clock for lunch.
Everyday life
Example 4昼ご飯はご飯にします。
ひるごはんはごはんにします。
hirugohanhagohannishimasu.
I will have the rice for lunch.
Everyday life
Example 5昼ご飯は野菜にします。
ひるごはんはやさいにします。
hirugohanhayasainishimasu.
I will have the vegetables for lunch.
Make it yours
Choose one example. Replace one person, place, object, or time with a detail from your life, then say the new sentence aloud.
Recall
Test your memory
Recall practice
Can you say it?
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Read the situation, look away from the answer, and say the Japanese aloud.
Your situation
I will have the water for lunch.
The answer is hidden. Try to use 〜にします.
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