ただ
Appearance
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][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō