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丈だけ

Meanings

Particle

Usually written in kana

1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone

みんな眠ねむっているだけなんだ。Everyone is just sleeping.

2. as much as; to the extent of; enough to

食たべられるだけ食たべた。I ate as much as I could.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

3 meters

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

七しち分ぶ丈だけ

three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

出で来きる丈だけ

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible