ただ
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 只 唯 徒 但 常 惟 |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]Derived terms
[edit]- 但し (tadashi)
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
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