彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa風邪(かぜ)を()ひ()い()た() kazewohiitaだけ dakeで de欠(けっ)席(せき) kessekiした shita。 She was absent just because she caught a cold. Literal She [topic-は] cold [object-を] caught [only-だけで] absent-was. だけで ('just because of, only by') minimizes the reason — implies the cold shouldn't have warranted absence. schooleducationillness/cold~だけ (only / as much as)
彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa風邪(かぜ)を()ひ()い()た() kazewohiitaだけ dakeで de欠(けっ)席(せき) kessekiした shita。 She was absent just because she caught a cold. Literal She [topic-は] cold [object-を] caught [only-だけで] absent-was. だけで ('just because of, only by') minimizes the reason — implies the cold shouldn't have warranted absence. schooleducationillness/cold~だけ (only / as much as)