Meaning of だけど in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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だけどJLPT 3
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Romajidakedo
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- conjunction
- Meaning
- however
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Example Sentences
だけど used in context
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「店のばーさんは、すげー愛想悪いんだけどさー」「大輝、聞こえとるぞ」「げっ・・・」
The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ... "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"
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どうせ駄作だろうと思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいい本だった。
I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all.
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で、電話してみたらしいんだけど、その電話先の相手ってのが問題だったのよ。
And so it seems she tried phoning but it's who was on the other end of that phone that was the problem.
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However the air's bad in Tokyo, and there are too many people so I can't settle down.
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うちが援助してる酒造さんがね、新しい甘酒を造ったから試飲してみてくださいって持ってきてくれたんだけど・・・。
A brewery we finance has made a new sweet sake and brought some to us asking us to try it.
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人々を信じなさい。だけど、知らない人からお菓子を貰ってはいけませんよ。
Trust people, but don't take candy from strangers.
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