けれど

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of けれども (keredomo, “although, but”).[1][2][3]

First attested in 1711.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) け​れど [kéꜜrèdò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3] (conjunction)
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ɾe̞do̞]

Conjunction

けれど • (keredo) 

  1. [from 1779] Informal form of けれども (keredomo).

Particle

けれど • (keredo) 

  1. [from 1711] Informal form of けれども (keredomo).

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of けれど – see the following entry.
【ケレド】
[noun] [1600–???] (Catholicism, historical) Kirishitan form of クレド: the Credo, the Creed
(This term, けれど, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. “けれど”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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