"だけ" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

IPA: [da̠ke̞] Forms: dake [romanization]
Etymology: Derived from 丈 (take, “height, limit”). Usage as a particle appears after 1600, during the Edo period. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|丈||height, limit|tr=take}} 丈 (take, “height, limit”) 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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for だけ meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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        },
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          "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.",
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              "記憶",
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          "roman": "Netai dake nete ii.",
          "ruby": [
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              "寝",
              "ね"
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            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
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          ],
          "text": "寝たいだけ寝ていい。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even though I'm doing as much as this / Even though I'm doing this much",
          "roman": "kore dake shiteru no ni",
          "text": "これだけしてるのに",
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    "Daijisen",
    "Edo period",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
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              "居",
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              "事",
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              "丈",
              "だけ"
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              "記憶",
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              "居",
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          "just",
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          "limit"
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          "word": "ばかり"
        },
        {
          "word": "のみ"
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        {
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          "ruby": [
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              "寝",
              "ね"
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            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
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          "text": "寝たいだけ寝ていい。"
        },
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          "roman": "kore dake shiteru no ni",
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    "Daijisen",
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    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "だけ"
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    "岳"
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  "word": "だけ"
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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "だけ",
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