But
"But" in Japanese
が
ga
(although)
けど
kedo
(although)
けれど
keredo
(although)
けれども
keredomo
(although)
しか
shika
(solely, only, merely (obsolete))
しかし
shikashi
(although)
じゃなく
ja naku
(rather)
だけ
dake
(solely, only, merely (obsolete))
ではなく
de wa naku
(rather)
でも
demo
(although)
以外
igai
(except)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.