だけど

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of だ (da, auxiliary expressing certainty) + けど (kedo, “although”).[1][2]

Historically, also analyzed as a clipping of だけれども (da keredomo).[3][4]

First cited to 1907.[1]

Pronunciation

Conjunction

だけど • (da kedo) 

  1. [from 1907] Informal form of だけれども (da keredomo).
    だけど私(わたし)は元(げん)気(き)です。
    Da kedo watashi wa genki desu.
    But I am OK.

References
  1. “だけど”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “だけど”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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