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JLPT N3 · conjunction

だが (daga)

だが is a Japanese conjunction meaning “but; however”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
だが
Romaji
daga
Word class
conjunction
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still · conjunction

Example sentences

あなたに手紙を書くつもりだったのだが。
I meant to have written to you.
Tatoeba #233678

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 2055530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.