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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ただ

N3
tada
  1. free of charge
  2. mere
  3. sole
  4. only
  5. usual
  6. common
の-adjectivenoun

Also written 唯、只

Chinese meanings

只;免费

Examples

  • 君きみはただ皿さらを洗あらいさえすればいい。
    All you have to do is wash the dishes.
    你只要洗碗就行。
  • 私はその切符をただで手にいれた。
    I got the ticket for nothing.
    我免费得到了那张票。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3e80832e23'); // ただ
{
  "id": "3e80832e23",
  "word": "ただ",
  "reading": "ただ",
  "romaji": "tada",
  "meanings": [
    "free of charge",
    "mere",
    "sole",
    "only",
    "usual",
    "common"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-no",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1538900,
  "other_forms": [
    "唯",
    "只"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "君はただ皿を洗いさえすればいい。",
      "furigana": "{君|きみ}はただ{皿|さら}を{洗|あら}いさえすればいい。",
      "en": "All you have to do is wash the dishes.",
      "tatoeba_id": 177669
    },
    {
      "ja": "私はその切符をただで手にいれた。",
      "en": "I got the ticket for nothing.",
      "tatoeba_id": 159998
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "758f91dbd48a42dca3c772e3c108aa2c609b32355d4c4ec6d5c43f87abc0785c",
    "meanings": [
      "只",
      "免费"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "君はただ皿を洗いさえすればいい。",
        "zh": "你只要洗碗就行。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私はその切符をただで手にいれた。",
        "zh": "我免费得到了那张票。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/3e80832e23",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1538900; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "c098b0e1abf6ad705067ba717616ad8e947a52f1bded6c64bd1501542491b28b",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}