だ Japanese Grammar Basic

Browse 5 Japanese Grammar Basic entries for Japanese under だ.

Kana だ

  1. だい (informal WH-question) だい A sentence-final particle used in informal male speech to mark questions containing an interrogative word (what, where, who, etc.). It ad...
  2. ～出す・だす (begin/emerge) だす A compound verb suffix attached to the verb stem that expresses the sudden beginning or emergence of an action or state that was previous...
  3. ～だろう (conjecture) だろう An auxiliary indicating the speaker's conjecture or guess that is not based on strong evidence. It often translates as 'probably' or 'I t...
  4. ～だけ (only, just) だけ A particle that expresses a limit imposed upon something. It indicates that the quantity, extent, or scope of something is restricted to ...
  5. ～だけで(は)なく～(も) (not only... but also) だけではなく A compound expression meaning 'not only X but also Y.' It connects two elements to indicate that X alone does not exhaust the relevant sc...