✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in business or formal speech to set boundaries or clarify limitations.
Extremely common in daily conversation to say ‘just’ or ‘only’.
Used in academic and descriptive writing to define scopes.
Frequent in requests, explanations, and casual remarks.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
When used with na-adjectives, you must keep the ‘na’ before ‘dake’. For nouns, it attaches directly.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
The ‘e’ in ‘dake’ is a short vowel, similar to the ‘e’ in ‘get’. Avoid elongating it.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘Dake’ as a ‘cap’ or ‘ceiling’ on a container. Everything inside the container is allowed, but nothing above it.
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