GRAMMAR
〜だけで
just by ~
Explanation
NOTE
だけで means just by ~ or simply by ~. It expresses that a minimal action is enough to produce a result. The speaker is often surprised or impressed that so little effort leads to such an outcome.
NOTE
Attach だけで to the dictionary form of a verb. The clause after だけで describes the result that comes from that single action.
STRUCTURE
V辞
だけで見るだけで分かる。
Miru dake de wakaru.
You can tell just by looking.
名前を聞くだけで緊張する。
Namae o kiku dake de kinchou suru.
Just by hearing the name, I get nervous.
歩くだけで疲れる。
Aruku dake de tsukareru.
I get tired just by walking.
Practice exercises
1
見るだけで分かる。
You can understand just by looking.
Answer
だけで
2
聞くだけで楽しい。
It's fun just by listening.
Answer
だけで
3
読むだけで覚えられる。
You can memorize just by reading.
Answer
だけで
4
画面を押すだけで電源が入ります。
Just by pressing the screen, the power turns on.
Answer
だけで
5
画面を押すだけで電源が入ります。
Just by pressing the screen, the power turns on.
Answer
だけで
6
歩くだけで疲れる。
I get tired just by walking.
Answer
だけで
7
名前を聞くだけで緊張する。
Just by hearing the name, I get nervous.
Answer
だけで
8
想像するだけで楽しくなる。
I become happy just by imagining it.
Answer
だけで
9
触るだけで繊細な模様が崩れてしまった。
The delicate pattern collapsed just by touching it.
Answer
だけで