"だけ" meaning in Japanese

See だけ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: [da̠ke̞] Forms: dake [romanization]
Etymology: Derived from 丈 (take, “height, limit”). Usage as a particle appears after 1600, during the Edo period. Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} だけ • (dake)
  1. in a negative, limiting sense: only, just, limit Synonyms: ばかり, のみ, しか
    Sense id: en-だけ-ja-particle-Dixnarx1
  2. in a positive, non-limiting sense: amount, as much as Synonyms: ほど, くらい, 限り
    Sense id: en-だけ-ja-particle-48muaZtK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-だけ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Derived from 丈 (take, “height, limit”). Usage as a particle appears after 1600, during the Edo period.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dake",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "だけ • (dake)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "rōmaji-only dictionary",
          "roman": "Rōmaji dake no jisho",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "辞",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "しょ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ローマ字だけの辞書",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "All I remember is that I was miaowing in a dampish dark place",
          "ref": "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.)",
          "roman": "Nantemo kurausui jimejime shita tokoro de nyānyā naite ita koto dake wa kioku shite iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "暗薄",
              "くらうす"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "泣",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "居",
              "ゐ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "丈",
              "だけ"
            ],
            [
              "記憶",
              "きおく"
            ],
            [
              "居",
              "ゐ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in a negative, limiting sense: only, just, limit"
      ],
      "id": "en-だけ-ja-particle-Dixnarx1",
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ばかり"
        },
        {
          "word": "のみ"
        },
        {
          "word": "しか"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You can sleep as much as you want.",
          "roman": "Netai dake nete ii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "寝たいだけ寝ていい。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kore dake shiteru no ni",
          "text": "これだけしてるのに",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in a positive, non-limiting sense: amount, as much as"
      ],
      "id": "en-だけ-ja-particle-48muaZtK",
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "as much as",
          "as much as"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ほど"
        },
        {
          "word": "くらい"
        },
        {
          "word": "限り"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠ke̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "Edo period",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "だけ"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "岳"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-だけ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "だけ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Derived from 丈 (take, “height, limit”). Usage as a particle appears after 1600, during the Edo period.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dake",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "だけ • (dake)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "rōmaji-only dictionary",
          "roman": "Rōmaji dake no jisho",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "字",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "辞",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "書",
              "しょ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ローマ字だけの辞書",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "All I remember is that I was miaowing in a dampish dark place",
          "ref": "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.)",
          "roman": "Nantemo kurausui jimejime shita tokoro de nyānyā naite ita koto dake wa kioku shite iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "暗薄",
              "くらうす"
            ],
            [
              "所",
              "ところ"
            ],
            [
              "泣",
              "な"
            ],
            [
              "居",
              "ゐ"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "こと"
            ],
            [
              "丈",
              "だけ"
            ],
            [
              "記憶",
              "きおく"
            ],
            [
              "居",
              "ゐ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in a negative, limiting sense: only, just, limit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ばかり"
        },
        {
          "word": "のみ"
        },
        {
          "word": "しか"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You can sleep as much as you want.",
          "roman": "Netai dake nete ii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "寝たいだけ寝ていい。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kore dake shiteru no ni",
          "text": "これだけしてるのに",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in a positive, non-limiting sense: amount, as much as"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ],
        [
          "as much as",
          "as much as"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ほど"
        },
        {
          "word": "くらい"
        },
        {
          "word": "限り"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠ke̞]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "Edo period",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "だけ"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "岳"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "だけ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for だけ meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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