How to say "conditional" in Japanese

• 条件付きじょうけんつきCommon
  no-adjectiveThe common word for the everyday sense: something granted, allowed or approved only with conditions attached; it also covers 'qualified'. Fits offers, approvals or permission that hold only under stated conditions.
  たとえ条件じょうけん付つきの妥協だきょう策さくだとしても、何なんも決きめないよりはましだ。↗

  A watered down compromise resolution is better than none at all.
• 但し付きただしづき
  no-adjectiveLess common than 条件付き; it frames the condition as a proviso or catch — a 'yes, but' attached to a statement or offer. For a neutral 'conditional', 条件付き is the usual choice.
• 条件節じょうけんせつ
  nounThe grammatical term: a conditional clause, the 'if' part of a sentence. Use it when discussing grammar, not for conditional offers, approvals or permission, where 条件付き is the word.

Use 「条件付き」 for the everyday sense of something granted with conditions attached, 「但し付き」 when the condition amounts to a proviso or catch, and 条件節 only for the grammatical 'conditional clause'.

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• 条件付きじょうけんつきconditional
• 但し付きただしづきconditional
• 条件節じょうけんせつconditional (clause)