だけ
See also: たけ
Japanese
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling |
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丈 |
Derived from 丈 (take, “height, limit”). Usage as a particle appears after 1600, during the Edo period.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [da̠ke̞]
Particle
だけ • (dake)
- in a negative, limiting sense: only, just, limit
- Synonyms: ばかり (bakari), のみ (nomi)
- ローマ字だけの辞書
- Rōmaji dake no jisho
- rōmaji-only dictionary
- 1905, 夏目漱石 (Natsume Sōseki), 吾輩は猫である (Wagahai wa Neko de aru, “I Am a Cat”), Mōri Yasotarō (tr.):
- 何ても暗薄いじめじめした所でニャー/\泣いて居た事丈は記憶して居る。
- Nantemo kurausui jimejime shita tokoro de nyānyā naite wita koto dake wa kioku shite wiru.
- All I remember is that I was miaowing in a dampish dark place
- 何ても暗薄いじめじめした所でニャー/\泣いて居た事丈は記憶して居る。
- in a positive, non-limiting sense: amount, as much as
- Synonyms: ほど (hodo), くらい (kurai), 限り (kagiri)
- 寝たいだけ寝ていい。
- Netai dake nete ii.
- You can sleep as much as you want.
- これだけしてるのに
- kore dake shite ru no ni
- Even though I'm doing as much as this / Even though I'm doing this much
Usage notes
The particle is exclusively written in kana in modern usage.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of だけ – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, だけ, is an alternative spelling of the above term. For a list of all kanji read as だけ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as だけ.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: 嵩.)