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logosub: "Japanese"
language: "en"
title: "けど、けれど、けれども、のに"
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#### けど、だけど

* 肉じゃがを<Jps underline=true text="作った"/><Jps colour="c1" text="けど"/>　上手にできなかった。　
* I made nikujaga, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> it did not turn out well.
  * <Jps underline=true text="Verb"/>


* 母親は<Furigana kanji="優" kana="やさ"/><Jps underline=true text="しい"/><Jps colour="c1" text="けど"/>　<Furigana kanji="怒" kana="おこ"/>ると<Furigana kanji="怖" kana="こわ"/>い。　
* My mother is kind <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> when she is angry, she is scary.
  * <Jps underline=true text="い-adjective"/>


* 明日は<Furigana kanji="暇" kana="ひま"/><Jps colour="c1" text="だけど"/>　どこへもいかない。　
* Tomorrow I am free, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> I am not going anywhere.
* アップルパイが大<Jps underline=true text="好き"/><Jps colour="c1" text="だけど"/>、食べ<Jps colour="c2" text="すぎる"/>と、太っちゃう。　
* I love apple pie, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> when I eat <Jps colour="c2" text="too much"/>, I (always) became fat　(and I am not happy about that).
  * <Jps underline=true text="な-adjective"/>


* 彼は16<Jps underline=true text="歳"/><Jps colour="c1" text="だけど"/>学校に行っていない。　
* He is 16 years old <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> does not go to school.
  * <Jps underline=true text="Noun"/>

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**けど**　＞　**けれど**　＞　**けれども**

Casual > Polite

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* <Furigana kanji="座" kana="すわ"/>りたいんです<Jps colour="c1" text="だけど"/>　<Furigana kanji="席" kana="せき"/>があいてないんです。
* I want to sit, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> there are no chairs available (For example when talking to staff, more polite than けど).

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#### のに

Expresses an emotion like a  complaint, unsatisfaction, disappointment or admiration.

* 父はいつもは酒を<Jps underline=true text="飲まない"/><Jps colour="c1" text="のに"/>　今日はたくさん飲んでいる。　
* My father never drinks, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> today he is drinking a lot *(expresses a complaint, you can also replace with けど but it then changes intonation)*.
* 毎日10時間<Jps underline=true text="勉強した"/><Jps colour="c1" text="のに"/>　だいがくに<Furigana kanji="合格" kana="ごうかく"/>でこなかった。
* <Jps colour="c1" text="Although"/> I studied 10 hours every day, I did not graduate to college　*(disappointment)*.
  * <Jps underline=true text="Verb"/>


* この店、<Jps underline=true text="高い"/><Jps colour="c1" text="のに"/>　料理がおいしくない。
* This restaurant is expensive <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> the food is not tasty　*(complaint)*. 
  * <Jps underline=true text="い-adjective"/>


* あの<Furigana kanji="雑誌" kana="ざっし"/>は<Jps underline=true text="大切"/><Jps colour="c1" text="なのに"/>　親に捨てられた。
* That magazine was important (to me) <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> my parents threw it away　*(complaint)*.
  * <Jps underline=true text="な-adjective"/>


* あの子はまだ<Jps underline=true text="５歳"/><Jps colour="c1" text="なのに"/>　漢字が書けるんです。
* <Jps colour="c1" text="Although"/> that child is 5 years old, she can already write kanji　*(admiration)*.
  * <Jps underline=true text="Noun"/>

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のに is usually interchangable with けど、 but のに adds emotion to the sentence.

* 眠い<Jps colour="c1" text="けど / のに"/>　宿題をしなければならないので　まだ寝られない。
* I am sleepy, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> I have to do my homework so I cannot sleep yet.

* 旅行に行く予定<Jps colour="c1" text="だけど / なのに"/>　台風が<Furigana kanji="来" kana="く"/>るから行けないかもしれない。
* I was planning to travel, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> I might not go because a typhoon is coming.

Here, you express no emotions, so のに is not used;

* 試験は<Furigana kanji="難" kana="むずか"/>しい<Jps colour="c1" text="けど"/>　頑張ってください。
* The exam is difficult, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> please do your best.

* 料理が上手に作れた<Jps colour="c1" text="けど"/>　あなたが好きかどうかは分からない。
* I am skilled at cooking, <Jps colour="c1" text="but"/> I do not know if you will like it.


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###### 関係する動画

* [Japanese N4 Grammar【けど／けれど／けれども、のに】](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkotdneiFS0) by: [【桜の間　日本語ルーム】](https://www.youtube.com/@yukijapanese00)