但し書き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
但	書
ただ(し) Grade: S	か > が Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• ただし書(が)き (tadashigaki)

Etymology

Compound of 但(ただ)し (tadashi, “however”) + 書(か)き (kaki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”)). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠da̠ɕi ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

但(ただ)し書(が)き • (tadashi-gaki) 

1. sentence that starts with 但(ただ)し (tadashi, “however”); proviso

Derived terms

• 但(ただ)し書(が)き操(そう)作(さ) (tadashi-gaki sōsa)
• 但(ただ)し書(が)き道(どう)路(ろ) (tadashi-gaki dōro)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 但書／但书 (dànshū)
• → Korean: 단서 (danseo)