ただ

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings





From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

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ただ or タダ • (tada (uncountable)

  1. , : ordinary, common, nothing special
    アレックス(ただ)()(ども)
    Arekkusu wa tada no kodomo da.
    Alex is just a child.
  2. : free of charge, free
    Synonyms: ロハ (roha), サービス (sābisu), おまけ (omake), 無料 (muryō)
    それ(ただ)(もら)
    Sore wa tada de moratta.
    I got it for free.

Adjective

ただ • (tada-nari

  1. , : ordinary, simple
  2. , : nothing

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "ただなり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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]

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 ni

[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Adverb

ただ • (tada

  1. , , : merely, commonly, simply, only
    (ただ)()いるだけです
    Tada miteiru dake desu.
    I was just looking.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Conjunction

ただ • (tada

  1. , , , : but, however, although, except that
    Synonym: 但し (tadashi)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 直・徒・只・唯・但”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō