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但 means 'however'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2020   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-38    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 6 words   Used in 47 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   ただし however
Additional readings
On    タン
Name    たじ
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With 但 you can control others! When it means "provided that you do what I say," 但 enables you to lay down rules for other people's behavior! You can also use it to hedge your bets and cite exceptions to rules, saying things like "Free shipping! Remote islands excluded." Side discussions cover ways of interpreting and representing ただ, as well as the grammar of "if-then" statements.
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⿰  亻 (人) man  旦 dawn  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 但 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 但 is used 6 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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タン : 1 word FIND ALL
Bantan Line (railway in Hyogo Prefecture)
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た だ し が き 0
noun
proviso
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たじ: 1 word. FIND ALL
た じ ま う し 3
noun
Tajima cow (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima cattle
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Additional less common words include 但 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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但
ただし however   
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旦
タン   ダン    dawn   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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