だけど
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
Compound of だ (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
- [from 1907] Informal form of だけれども (da keredomo).
References edit
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “だけど”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN