Particle (Advanced ㊤ 42)
A particle meaning “to the extent that someone (can/wants to) do something or something can happen”.
Equivalent: As much as; as ~ as possible; as much as one wants
| (i) V1 potential informal nonpast | だけV2 | Where V1=V2 |
| 食べられるだけ食べる | Someone eats as much/many something as he or she can | |
| (ii) V1 informal nonpast | だけV2 | Where V1=V2 |
| 言うだけ言う | Someone says as much as he or she wants to say | |
| (iii) V1 informal nonpast | だけV2 | Where V=non-volitional intransitive verb; where V1=V2 |
| 膨らむだけ膨らむ | Something swells as much as it can | |
| (iv) できるだけ | Adjective い/な/Adverb | |
| できるだけ大きいケーキ | As big a cake as possible | |
| できるだけ速く歩く | Walk as fast as someone can |
