だが
N3 daga
- but
- however
- (and) yet
- nevertheless
conjunction
Chinese meanings
但是;然而
Examples
- あなたに手紙を書くつもりだったのだが。I meant to have written to you.本来打算给你写信的。
- 彼にはよくあることだがケアレスミスをする。He made a careless mistake, as is often the case with him.他常常这样,会犯粗心的错误。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a3c0999c5c'); // だが
{
"id": "a3c0999c5c",
"word": "だが",
"reading": "だが",
"romaji": "daga",
"meanings": [
"but",
"however",
"(and) yet",
"nevertheless"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"conj"
],
"jmdict_id": 2055530,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あなたに手紙を書くつもりだったのだが。",
"furigana": "あなたに{手紙|てがみ}を{書|か}くつもりだったのだが。",
"en": "I meant to have written to you.",
"tatoeba_id": 233678
},
{
"ja": "彼にはよくあることだがケアレスミスをする。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}にはよくあることだがケアレスミスをする。",
"en": "He made a careless mistake, as is often the case with him.",
"tatoeba_id": 118932
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "a74451a7ab6a51a2beb8d9a5587bb61ef7aa8b3a6d0eb9efb6ae689b9c5bba34",
"meanings": [
"但是",
"然而"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あなたに手紙を書くつもりだったのだが。",
"zh": "本来打算给你写信的。"
},
{
"ja": "彼にはよくあることだがケアレスミスをする。",
"zh": "他常常这样,会犯粗心的错误。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/a3c0999c5c",
"JMdict ent_seq 2055530; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "2a3d069633ee6b1d1d9b8879e127d434e0638da5707075be7ff02cbaf3bd9b63",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}