でも
N5 demo
- but
conjunction
Chinese meanings
但是;不过
Examples
- 行きたいです。でも、今日は忙しいです。I want to go, but I am busy today.我想去。但是今天很忙。
- これは高いです。でも、便利です。This is expensive, but convenient.这很贵,不过很好用。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3f71089c32'); // でも
{
"id": "3f71089c32",
"word": "でも",
"reading": "でも",
"romaji": "demo",
"meanings": [
"but"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"conj"
],
"jmdict_id": 1008460,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "行きたいです。でも、今日は忙しいです。",
"furigana": "{行|い}きたいです。でも、{今日|きょう}は{忙|いそが}しいです。",
"en": "I want to go, but I am busy today."
},
{
"ja": "これは高いです。でも、便利です。",
"furigana": "これは{高|たか}いです。でも、{便利|べんり}です。",
"en": "This is expensive, but convenient."
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c1d8cbb6deb35f50539583ad5e344ee92bfb411a3ea588d3181b253de156be5a",
"meanings": [
"但是;不过"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "行きたいです。でも、今日は忙しいです。",
"zh": "我想去。但是今天很忙。"
},
{
"ja": "これは高いです。でも、便利です。",
"zh": "这很贵,不过很好用。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/3f71089c32",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "fd75ee420dde79ebb215ba64f3f5d2e09448c79ff67ef1cdc1da418f3851743b"
}
}