Questions tagged [particle-だけ]
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Saying "Only I [do X]", "Only I [like X]", and "I am the only [Y] who [does/likes X]"
I've been digging through my reference books and Google searches, but I'm not getting anywhere with this.
For "Only I [do X]", can the subject of the sentence simply be 私だけは?
私だけは電車で魚を食べます。
"Only I eat fish on the train."
And could that be done…
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だけ as "only" vs. だけ as "to the extent"
だけ is frequently presented as meaning "only", "just", "merely", "no more than", as in:
最近は、漢字だけ勉強している。
Lately, I've only been studying kanji.
But it apparently has a secondary meaning which means the complete opposite (as far as I can tell), as…
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Function of だけ of だけまだ幸運だった?
あんな状況の中、あんな文面で士道からお誘いがあったなら、普通の女子であれば警戒するに決まっている。わざわざ馬鹿正直に一人で待ち合わせ場所に来ようとは思わないだろう。すっぽかされなかっただけまだ幸運だったかもしれなかった。
Context: In the name of 士道, a letter was sent to 亜衣, one of 士道’s classmates, telling her (亜衣) to go alone to meet 士道 in a cafe. But it…
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Usage of だけ and しか
I've been wondering about the different usages of しか and だけ.
I understand that the first one emphasizes the feelings of the speaker, negatively or positively. だけ is usually used with a positive verb (e.g. 氷菓が一つだけあります), and the inverse goes to しか…
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Nuances and implications of 「これだけは許してください」
I understand the meaning of sentence in the title as "please forgive (me) for just this." Is this understanding correct?
What exactly is the logical role of だけ here? 「これだけ」 or "only this" means an upper bound: this and nothing else. Why would anyone…
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Is あの人たちだけ魔法を使える。 correct?
あの人たちだけ魔法を使える。
Only they can use magic.
Is the above sentence grammatically correct? To be specific, I am trying to figure out if the word 'dake' (だけ) is put correctly after "あの人たち".
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What does だけ replace here?
髪形だけ父さんに似せてもお前は跡取りになれない
Real son says that to adopted son.
だけ + ～ても confuses me. Does だけ replace は/が or を? If は/が, it would be "Even if only your hairstyle makes you look like dad [...]"/"Even if your hairstyle is enough to make you look like dad…
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