dake

だけdake
only; just

Usages of dake

見みた　だけ　だ。mita dake da.
(I) only saw (him).

Here the speaker is emphasizing that they merely saw the person, implying no further interaction.

とても　疲つかれて　います　よ。　三さん時じ間かん　だけ　寝ねました。totemo tsukarete imasu yo. sanjikan dake nemashita.
I'm really tired. I only slept for three hours.
魚さかな　だけ　食たべます。sakana dake tabemasu.
I only eat fish.
いいえ、　見みて　いる　だけ　です。iie, mite iru dake desu.
No, I'm just looking.
「飲のみ物もの　は　何なに　が　ある　か。」　「これ　だけ　が　ある。」「nomimono wa nani ga aru ka.」 「kore dake ga aru.」
A: What have we got to drink? B: There's just this.
一い回っかい　だけ　会あいました。ikkai dake aimashita.
I've only met him once.
だけで　は　なくdakede wa naku
not limited to; not only
だけで　なくdakede naku
not limited to; not only
その　レストラン　は　高たかい　だけで、　食たべ物もの　は　良よく　ない。sono resutoran wa takai dakede, tabemono wa yoku nai.
That restaurant is just expensive; the food isn't good.
彼かれ　は　優やさしい　だけで、　頭あたま　が　良よく　ない。kare wa yasashii dakede, atama ga yoku nai.
He is just kind, not smart.
彼かの女じょ　は　静しずかな　だけ　だ。kanojo wa shizukana dake da.
She is just quiet.

This sentence suggests that the only prominent characteristic of the woman is her quietness.

できる　だけ　早はやく　日に本ほん語ご　を　学まなびたい　です。dekiru dake hayaku nihongo o manabitai desu.
(I) want to learn Japanese as quickly as possible.
食たべられる　だけ　食たべて　いました。taberareru dake tabete imashita.
(I) was eating as much as I could.
走はしれる　だけ　走はしった。hashireru dake hashitta.
(I) ran as far as I could.
飲のめる　だけ　の　水みず　を　飲のんだ。nomeru dake no mizu o nonda.
(I) drank as much water as I could.
手て伝つだえる　だけ　手て伝つだいました。tetsudaeru dake tetsudaimashita.
(She) helped as much as she could.
一ひとつ　だけ　も　答こたえられません　でした。hitotsu dake mo kotaeraremasen deshita.
(He) couldn't even answer one.
一いっ歩ぽ　だけ　も　動うごけない。ippo dake mo ugokenai.
I can't even move a single step.
一ひと言こと　だけ　も　話はなさなかった。hitokoto dake mo hanasanakatta.
(He) didn't say even a single word.
私わたし　は　一いち度ど　だけ　その　映えい画が　を　見みたこと　が　あります。watashi wa ichido dake sono eiga o mitakoto ga arimasu.
I have watched that movie only once.
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