Limiting with だけ

Use だけ to limit quantity, choice, or action in a neutral way.

Use だけ after nouns, quantities, and clauses to mean “only” or “just”.Recognize the neutral tone of だけ compared with stronger forms like しか〜ない.Read だけ in everyday requests and descriptions.

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Only or just

だけ is a flexible limiter. It can follow nouns, numbers, and many other forms. Its tone is often neutral and factual.

水だけください。

Just water, please.

三つだけ買いました。

I bought only three.

今日は漢字だけ勉強します。

Today I will study only kanji.

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