ただ
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alternative spellings |
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只 唯 徒 但 常 |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
ただ or タダ • (tada) (uncountable)
Adjective[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Stem forms | ||||
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Irrealis (未然形) | ただなら | なら | nara | |
Continuative (連用形) | ただに[1] ただなり[2] |
に なり |
ni nari | |
Terminal (終止形) | ただなり | なり | nari | |
Attributive (連体形) | ただなる | なる | naru | |
Realis (已然形) | ただなれ | なれ | nare | |
Imperative (命令形) | ただなれ | なれ | nare | |
Key constructions | ||||
Negative | ただならず | ならず | narazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | ただなれど | なれど | naredo | |
Causal conjunction | ただなれば | なれば | nareba | |
Conditional conjunction | ただならば | ならば | naraba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | ただなりき | なりき | nariki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | ただなりけり | なりけり | narikeri | |
Adverbial | ただに | に | ni | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. |
Adverb[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (emphatic) たった (tatta)
Derived terms[edit]
- (emphatic) たった (tatta)
Conjunction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “直・徒・只・唯・但”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō