# I know there are many ways to say 'but' ☝🏻 in Japanese, ...

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## Author

- **Name**: Z.
- **Username**: @z_desu

## Content

I know there are many ways to say 'but' ☝🏻 in Japanese, but today I learnt the differences between: でも、(だ)けど、(~す)が、しかし、(だ)けれども.

To summarise, for my future reference 🧠

でも　
🟢🟡
✍🏻👄
⬅️

けど　
🟢🟡🔴
✍🏻👄
↔️➡️
• end: like an afterthought, less confrontational
• for Verb/Adj-い: けど
• for Noun/Adj-な: だ/です けど

が　
🟡
✍🏻
↔️
• end: like an afterthought, less confrontational

けども
🟡🔴
✍🏻👄
↔️➡️

しかし　
🔴
✍🏻
⬅️

けれど　
🔴
✍🏻👄
↔️➡️

けれども
⚫
✍🏻👄
↔️➡️

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📌 Notes

Politeness:
🟢 Casual
🟡 Polite
🔴 Formal
⚫ Very formal

Form:
✍🏻 Written language 
👄 Spoken language

Placement:
⬅️ Start of sentence
↔️ Middle of sentence
➡️ End of sentence

References:

Takoboto app https://cotoacademy.com/why-%E3%81%91%E3%81%A9-kedo-and-%E3%81%8C-ga-doesnt-just-mean-but-japanese https://bondlingo.tv/blog/the-4-buts-of-japanese-and-how-to-use-them-%e3%81%a7%e3%82%82-%e3%81%97%e3%81%8b%e3%81%97-%e3%81%91%e3%81%a9-and-%e3%81%91%e3%82%8c%e3%81%a9%e3%82%82-in-japanese/amp/

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(訂正してください 🙏🏼 Please correct me)

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