けれど

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of けれども (keredomo, although, but).[1][2][3]

First attested in 1711.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

けれど (keredo

  1. [from 1779] Informal form of けれども (keredomo).

Particle[edit]

けれど (keredo

  1. [from 1711] Informal form of けれども (keredomo).

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of けれど – see the following entry.
ケレド
[noun] [1600–???] (Catholicism, historical) Kirishitan form of クレド: the Credo, the Creed
(This term, けれど, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 けれど”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN