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Particles in Japanese are little sounds added to the end of words to define their grammatical function in a sentence. For example:

は topic (most learning Japanese as a second language learn this first)
に directional
で manner

A basic Japanese sentence: 幸子 は 日本 に 行った
Sachiko(topic) Japan(to) went

Ask on the Nihongo board if you want to know more about Japanese.