ただ

Japanese

Etymology
Alternative spellings
只
唯
徒
但
常

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ただ • (tada)  (uncountable)

  1. 徒, 只: ordinary, common, nothing special
    アレックスは只(ただ)の子(こ)供(ども)だ。
    Arekkusu wa tada no kodomo da.
    Alex is just a child.
  2. 只: free of charge, free
    Synonym: ろは
    それは只(ただ)で貰(もら)った。
    Sore wa tada de moratta.
    I got it for free.

Adjective

ただ • (tada) †-nari

  1. 徒, 只: ordinary, simple
  2. 徒, 只: 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]		に
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 ただににni
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Adverb

ただ • (tada) 

  1. 唯, 只, 但: merely, commonly, simply, only
    只(ただ)見(み)ているだけです。
    Tada miteiru dake desu.
    I was just looking.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Conjunction

ただ • (tada) 

  1. 唯, 只, 但: but, however, although, except that
    Synonym: ただし

References
  1. “直・徒・只・唯・但”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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