"だが" meaning in Japanese

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Conjunction

IPA: [da̠ɡa̠] Forms: da ga [romanization]
Etymology: Phrase consisting of だ (da, “is, are”, copula) + が (ga, nominative particle, also used contrastively after verbs). が is also used after verbs in this same way to indicate “the previous statement is the case, but...” Etymology templates: {{m|ja|だ||is, are|pos=copula|tr=da}} だ (da, “is, are”, copula), {{m|ja|が|pos=nominative particle, also used contrastively after verbs|tr=ga}} が (ga, nominative particle, also used contrastively after verbs), {{l|ja|が}} が, {{ja-l/helper|が||}} が, {{ja-l|が}} が Head templates: {{ja-pos|conjunction|だ が}} だが • (da ga)
  1. though, although, however, but, be that as it may, that said Wikipedia link: ja:大辞林, ja:松村明 Synonyms: ですが (desu ga) [polite], けど (kedo), けれども (keredomo), しかし (shikashi), しかしながら (shikashinagara), だけど (da kedo), だけれども (da keredomo), でも (de mo), ところが (tokoro ga)

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