だ Japanese Grammar Advanced

Kana だ

1. ～だけ (extent) だけ A particle meaning 'to the extent that someone can or wants to do something.' It expresses the idea of doing something as much as possibl...
2. ～だけあって だけあって A phrase meaning 'as one would expect' or 'for good reason.' It indicates that a positive result or quality is natural given the backgrou...
3. ～だけに だけに A phrase carrying the idea 'precisely because' or 'as one would expect.' It highlights that a result — whether positive or negative — is ...
4. ～だけのことはある だけのことはある A phrase expressing an evaluative comment that something lives up to its reputation or that the effort, cost, or background has been wort...
5. だって (reason) だって A conjunction used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate a reason or justification for something previously mentioned. It translates...
6. だって (even) だって A particle meaning 'even' or 'too,' attached to nouns or pronouns to emphasize that something applies to the indicated person or thing as...
7. だの だの A conjunction used to list nouns or quoted statements inexhaustively, similar to 'such things as' or 'and... and...' It often carries a d...
8. だに だに A classical particle meaning 'even just' or 'merely,' indicating that the action of the preceding verb alone is enough to produce a certa...