だけど

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Japanese

Etymology

Compound of だ (da, auxiliary expressing certainty) + けど (kedo, “although”).

Historically, also analyzed as a clipping of だけれども (da keredomo).

First cited to 1907.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

だけど • (da kedo) 

  1. Informal form of だけれども (da keredomo).
    だけど私(わたし)は元(げん)気(き)です。
    Da kedo watashi wa genki desu.
    But I am OK.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “だけど”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “だけど”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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