だけで (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.