Illustration: Outside a Japanese apartment entrance in steady rain, a resident is impeccably prepared with rain boots, a buttoned raincoat, and a large opened umbrella. Yet a substantial tear directly above their head lets a narrow stream of water land on their hair.

JLPT N3conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

だが

daga

but, however

More common in writing than in casual speech. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. だが宇宙うちゅうは無限むげんだ。

    But the universe is infinite.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. だが今いま、俺おれには何なにも残のこってない。

    But now, nothing is left for me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. だが、例外れいがいも存在そんざいした。

    However, there was an exception.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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