−だけ

1. 1 〔限定，最低の限度〕only; merely; just; but
   • これができるのは君だけだ
   • 「You alone [Nobody but you／You are the only one who] can do this.
   • 午前中だけそれを借りていいですか
   • May [Could] I borrow it just for the morning?
   • 新聞だけでなく週刊誌にも出ていた
   • It was reported not only in the newspapers but also in the weekly magazines.
   • 東京だけでもそのような事件は10件あった
   • There were ten such cases in Tokyo alone.
   • 「ごめん」と一言だけでも言ってほしかった
   • I wish you had said at least [even] one word of apology.
   • 言ってみただけだ
   • I only said it (but did not mean it).
   • 一目見ただけでその家が気に入った
   • I was taken with the house at first sight.
   • そう言った［それを見た］だけで彼は怒った
   • The mere suggestion [sight] of it made him angry.
   • 一回見せてくれるだけでいい
   • You need only to let me have a glance at it.
   • やるだけはやってみなさい
   • At any rate, give it a try.

1. 2 〔程度〕
   • 彼はかせいだだけ使う
   • He spends as much as he earns.
   • 言うだけのことは言ったほうがよい
   • It is better to 「say what you have to say [speak your piece].

1. 3 〔限定された分量〕
   • 私は月に2万円だけは貯金したい
   • I want to save at least twenty thousand yen every month.
   • 10センチだけ余る［足りない］
   • It is too long [short] by ten centimeters.
   • りんごは一つだけ余る
   • There is one apple too many.
   • 私より二つだけ若い
   • She is two years younger than I am.
   • みそを500円分だけください
   • Give me 500 yen's worth of miso.

1. 4 〔「…だけの…はある，…だけあって，…だけに」の形で，…にふさわしい〕
   • それは言う［読む］だけの価値がある
   • It is worth saying [reading].
   • 努力しただけのことはあった
   • His efforts were rewarded.
   • さすが彼女だけあって立派にやった
   • As might have been expected (of her), she did a good job of it.
   • 苦労しただけに人生経験を積んでいる
   • As he has seen [gone through] many difficulties, he knows a lot about life.
   • 自慢するだけあって見事だ
   • He may well boast of it; it is (really) superb.

1. 5 〔「…だけに」の形で，だから，なおさら〕
   • 予想しなかっただけに一層うれしかった
   • We were all the more delighted because we had not expected it.

1. 6 〔比例を表して，…につれて，…するほど〕
   • 安ければ安いだけよい
   • The cheaper, the better.
   • 生活水準が高くなるだけ出費もかさむ
   • Expenses will increase as the standard of living rises.

出典：プログレッシブ和英中辞典