～だけまし(だ): "At least it's (not) X"
advanced #73
~ 5 Minutes
Introduction
Welcome to the definitive lesson on ～だけまし(だ). Why is it definitive? Well... because it's a nice lesson... that I wrote specially for you...
Okay, I just wanted to say that something is "the definitive X". None of this has anything to do with today's grammar point, by the way!
～だけまし: At least you didn't drop your ice cream
構成
Casual form verb/い-adjectiveだけまし
な-adjective/nounなだけまし・であるだけまし
Example:
→ 怖かったけど、こけてアイスを落とさなかっただけましだ。
"It was scary, but at least I didn't fall and drop my ice cream.”
日本語文法説明
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