adverbial N3 common casualpolitewritten
それだけ — that much
それだけ
Meaning
- that much / only that / just that — points back to an amount or thing already mentioned, either as a quantity or as the sole extent of something
Key sentence
それだけあれば足りる。
That much will be enough.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Stands alone as a noun/adverb (それ + だけ) | それだけ + predicate | それだけだ / それだけで |
Examples
私が言いたいのはそれだけです。
That's all I wanted to say.
努力すれば、それだけ結果が出る。
The more you work, the more results you get (that much more).
Easily confused with
Notes
- In the 'the more… the more' pattern (〜ば〜ほど … それだけ), それだけ means 'correspondingly that much.' The set phrase それだけに ('all the more so because of that') is a separate connective.
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