Illustration: At a friend’s apartment, a beautifully decorated homemade cake sits between two people at a low table. Its smooth icing and carefully arranged strawberries initially look inviting, but one friend’s dessert fork has bent against the rock-hard sponge.

JLPT N4conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

だけど

dakedo

but, however

Used mainly in casual speech. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. このコートは素敵すてきだけど高価こうかすぎる。

    This coat is nice, but too expensive.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. いい人ひとだけどイマイチね。

    He is nice, but he’s not the one for me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 水泳すいえいは好すきだけど、ここでは泳およぎたくない。

    I like swimming, but I don’t like to swim here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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