けど
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of けれど (keredo, “although, but”),[1][2] itself a clipping of older and longer form けれども (keredomo).
First attested in 1732.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
- [from 1809] Informal form of けれども (keredomo).
Particle[edit]
- [from 1732] Informal form of けれども (keredomo).
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “けど”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN