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IntermediateJLPT N2 Grammar

だけで

Just by; only with; with ~ alone

Romaji: dakede

Meaning & usage

Just V-ing is enough; can just ~; just by V-ing | A phrase which expresses the idea that just doing something is enough for something.

Example sentences 10

  1. お金を入れてボタンを押すだけで暖かいラーメンが出てくる自動販売機がある。

    There is a vending machine which serves hot ramen (literally: from which hot ramen comes out) just by inserting coins and pushing a button.

  2. この 植木うえきは二週間に一度水をやるだけでよい。

    Watering just once every other week is enough for this plant.

  3. この用紙にサインしていただくだけで結構です。

    It will be enough if you just sign this form.

  4. その会議では私はただ座っているだけでよかった。

    At that meeting all I had to do was sit there.

  5. 君はここに座っているだけでよい。

    You can just sit here.

  6. 本当に来るだけでいいんですか。

    Are you sure that I don't have to do anything except attend?

  7. 村上むらかみ君は一週間勉強しただけであの試験に通ったそうだ。

    I heard that Murakami passed that exam just by studying for one week.

  8. 私は 筆跡ひっせきを見ただけで誰が書いたか分かった。

    I knew who wrote it just by looking at the handwriting.

  9. 聞くだけで胸が悪くなるような話だ。

    Just hearing that story makes me sick. (literally: It is a story that makes me sick just by hearing it.)

  10. 頭金あたまきん一万円を払うだけで品物をお届けします。

    If you just pay 10,000 yen as deposit, we'll deliver the product.

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