What is the difference between ～んとする and ～うとする? I ran into the other day and I think I get the hang of how it works and what meaning it conveys, but it seems eerily similar to that of . I know Japanese have a lot of different ways to say the same thing, so I wonder if there's no other difference apart from conjugation between these two. In other words, I wonder if the following examples mean the same: > → > →

* (<) is more literary/archaic and can be more bookish than .
(You don't say )

* (<) * consists of: (, imperfective form of ) + archaic volitional auxiliary () + particle + verb
* You might also encounter an archaic verb used instead of , as in .

* consists of: + volitional auxiliary + particle + verb




A few examples:

> , , , ... ← literary
> , , , ... ← modern