Meaning of 只 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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只, 唯, 徒, 但, 常JLPT 3
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Kana Readingただ
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Romajitada
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- ordinary; common; usual
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- free of charge
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- unaffected; as is; safe
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- only; merely; just; simply
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- but; however; nevertheless
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Example Sentences
只, 唯, 徒, 但, 常, ただ used in context
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ただ、調子を合わせているんじゃない。本当に、私の気持ちを分かっていて同情している目だった。
He wasn't just humouring me. Those were the eyes of someone who really understood my feelings and sympathised.
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ただ、面白いブログを書くために、人のブログを読むのなら今日から出来る。
However, if you're going to read people's blogs in order to write an interesting blog, you can do that right away.
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ただの本なら、宇宙警察がでしゃばりはしないわ、問題はこれがオーバーテクノロジーの塊だってこと。
If it was just a book the Space Police wouldn't be sticking their noses in. The problem is that it's a bundle of super technology.
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ただ、毎日だとさすがに飽きるだろう。もっと料理のバリエーションを増やさないと。
It's just if we have it every day we're bound to get fed up with it. I must increase the variety of my cooking.
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It was just a simple greeting, but somehow I got strangely tense.
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論文だなんて・・・私が書いてるのは、ただの随想、エッセイみたいなもんですよ。
Theses! ... What I write are just my ramblings, they're just something like essays.
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Kanji found in this word
junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
On: ト
Kun: いたずら, あだ
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