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JLPT N5 · conjunction

でも (demo)

でも is a Japanese conjunction meaning “but; however”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
でも
Romaji
demo
Word class
conjunction
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still · conjunction
  2. even · particle
  3. however; no matter how; even if; even though · particle
  4. ... or something · particle
  5. either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... · particle · as 〜でも〜でも

Example sentences

「そうしたわよ」彼女は文句を言った。「でも水なんかなかったわよ」
"I did that," she complained, "but there was no water in it!"
Tatoeba #236545
あの男がもう１つでも間違いを犯したらクビにする。
If that man makes one more mistake, I'll fire him.
Tatoeba #230624
あなたはまるで幽霊でも見たような顔つきをしている。
You look as if you had seen a ghost.
Tatoeba #232389

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

Source: JMdict entry 1008460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.