Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
出來るだけ (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

できる (dekiru, to be able to do) + だけ (dake, as much as)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) きるだけ [dèkírú dáké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [de̞kʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ da̠ke̞]

Adverb edit

()()るだけ (dekiru dake

  1. as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
    Synonym: なるべく (naru beku)

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN