only, free, in addition

5 strokesFrequency 2,288JLPT N1Grade 9

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Kun

ただ

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

only

Constituents

animal legs
eight
mouth

Mnemonic Stories

Imagine coming across an animal with only a mouth and animal legs. Maybe it's cute, maybe it's scary.

Dictionary

Common Words

タダFreq #128
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun

ordinary; common; usual

Examples
私はただの名無しの権兵衛です。
I am just a nobody.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun; Only 只

free of charge

Examples
私はその切符をただで手にいれた。
I got the ticket for nothing.
3

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun; Usu. as ただでは...

unaffected; as is; safe

Examples
彼は結構しぶといね。転んでもただでは起きぬ、いい根性しているよ。
He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.
4

Adverb (fukushi)

only; merely; just; simply

Examples
君はただ皿を洗いさえすればいい。
All you have to do is wash the dishes.
5

Conjunction; Esp. 但

but; however; nevertheless

Examples
ただ、面白いブログを書くために、人のブログを読むのなら今日から出来る。
However, if you're going to read people's blogs in order to write an interesting blog, you can do that right away.
いま只今ただ今唯今Usually kanaFreq #1826
1

Abbreviation; Interjection

I'm home!; I'm back!; it's me!

Examples
ただいま、お母さん。
I'm home, Mom!
2

Adverb (fukushi); Common noun

now; at present; at the moment

Examples
申し訳ありませんが、ただ今満室になっています。
I'm afraid we're quite full at the moment.
3

Adverb (fukushi)

just now; a moment ago

Examples
メアリーはただいま戻ったところです。
Mary has just come home.
4

Adverb (fukushi)

at once; right away; in a minute; shortly; soon

Examples
ただいま参ります。
I will be with you right away.
たすら只管一向~な Adj.AdverbUsually kanaFreq #2217
1

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

Examples
彼はひたすら成功を望んで懸命に働く。
He works hard because he is anxious to succeed.
だただ只々只只唯々唯唯AdverbUsually kanaFreq #4582
1

Emphatic form of ただ

absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only

Examples
母はただただ泣くだけだった。
My mother did nothing but weep.
ただの人只の人ただのひとNounExpressionFreq #10767
1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

だなら只ならぬ徒ならぬ啻ならぬUsually kanaFreq #13991
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious; alarming

只者ただ者だもの徒者NounFreq #26084
1

Usu. as 〜ではない, 〜じゃない, etc.

ordinary person

Examples
あいつはただ者ではない。
He is no ordinary man.
ただ事只事だごと徒事唯事NounFreq #27698
1

Usu. with neg. sentence, e.g. as 〜ではない

trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary

真っ只中まっただ中真っただ中真っ直中まっ只中真っ唯中っただなか真只中NounFreq #27844
1

right in the midst of; right at the height of

Examples
僕らは青春の真っ只中だ。
We are in the heyday of youth.
徒言只言直言だごとただことNounArchaicFreq #28098
1

plain speech; direct speech

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