connective N5 essential casual
けど — but / though (casual)
けど
Meaning
- but / though / however — a casual contrast, or a soft preface to what follows
Key sentence
高いけど、買う。
It's expensive, but I'll buy it.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Clause (plain or polite) | … + けど | 難しいけど / 行きますけど |
Variants
けれど / けれども — fuller, slightly more formal forms of the same word
Examples
やってみたけど、うまくいかなかった。
I tried, but it didn't go well.
すみませんけど、ペンを貸してもらえますか。
Excuse me, but could you lend me a pen?
soft preface, no real contrast
Easily confused with
See けど in real sentences
Jengo shows けど the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.