Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Compound of (da, auxiliary expressing certainty) + けど (kedo, although).[1][2]

Historically, also analyzed as a clipping of だけれども (da keredomo).[3][4]

First cited to 1907.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

だけど (da kedo

  1. [from 1907] Informal form of だけれども (da keredomo).
    だけど(わたし)(げん)()です
    Da kedo watashi wa genki desu.
    But I am OK.

References edit

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