📘 Meaning & Usage
～でも connects two clauses to express contrast: “but,” “however,” or “though.”
💡 Examples
- 行きたい。でも、お金がない。
I want to go. But I have no money. - 彼は優しい。でも、時々怒る。
He’s kind. However, he gets angry sometimes. - 安い。でも、品質が悪い。
It’s cheap. But the quality is bad.
📝 Practice
1. Fill:
- 走りたい＿＿＿＿疲れた。
- 高い＿＿＿＿買う。
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- でも
- でも
2. Translate:
- It’s fun, but difficult.
- I’m hungry, but busy.
✔
- 楽しい。でも、難しい。
- お腹が空いた。でも、忙しい。
📚 Vocabulary
- 行く (いく): to go
- お金 (おかね): money
- 優しい (やさしい): kind
- 時々 (ときどき): sometimes
- 怒る (おこる): to get angry
- 安い (やすい): cheap
- 品質 (ひんしつ): quality
- 走る (はしる): to run
- 疲れる (つかれる): to get tired
- 買う (かう): to buy
- 楽しい (たのしい): fun
- 難しい (むずかしい): difficult
- お腹が空く (おなかがすく): to get hungry
- 忙しい (いそがしい): busy
📖 Kanji
- 行: go
- 金: gold; money
- 優: gentle
- 時: time
- 怒: anger
- 安: cheap; safe
- 質: quality
- 走: run
- 疲: fatigue
- 買: buy
- 楽: comfort; ease
- 難: difficult
- 空: sky; empty (used in “hungry”)
- 忙: busy
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