Illustration: At a neighborhood exchange gathering in a Japanese community room, an adult hands a clean, usable toy truck to a parent and child. The parent offers coins on an open palm, but the giver gently pushes that hand back while continuing to pass over the toy.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ただ

tada

free of charge

Use ただで to say “for free.” Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ただなの？

    Is it free?

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  2. この新聞しんぶんは只ただです。

    This newspaper is free.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ただで差さし上あげます。

    You may have it for nothing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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