JAPANESE STUDY SYSTEMKOTOWA 词和
N5 — N1
READING CONTROL
Vocabulary collection7,811
Kanji collection2,383
SOURCE SELECTOR
Grammar collection0526
SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

だが

N3
daga
  1. but
  2. however
  3. (and) yet
  4. nevertheless
conjunction

Chinese meanings

但是;然而

Examples

  • あなたに手て紙がみを書か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。
  • 彼かれ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"
  }
}