TAKOBOTO

1) just, only, simply, merely; 2) as much as X wants/like/can (whatever, anything)
1) don't just love her; 2) eat as much as you want (eat whatever/anything you'd like)

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さいきんはしょくばだけでなくかていにおいてもパソコンがつかわれている

The personal computer is used not only at the office but also at home recently.

かのじょはよくはたらくだけでなく、みりょくてきだ。

She is not only diligent she is also charming.

おみやげにじゅうぶんなものをかうだけのじゅうぶんなじかんがありますか。

Do you have enough time to buy enough things for souvenirs?

ろーまじだけかけます。

I can only write romaji [Roman letters].

にほんごがこれだけかければとてもすばらしいとおもいます。

I think it's great that you can write Japanese like this. ( or: this much, to this extent )

いいたいだけいって、あいつはおこなってしまった。

After unilaterally saying whatever he had to say, that guy left.

このほんはよむだけのかちがある。

This book is certainly worth reading.

「なにをさしあげましょう」「いや、けっこう。ただみてまわっているだけだから。」

"Can I help you?" "No, thank you. I'm just looking around."

いちどだけチャンスがのこっている。

There is but one chance left.

あぁ、このようしにかきこむだけです。

Oh, just fill out this from.

どりょくしただけ、けっかがでますよ。

You will get results according to how hard you work.

これができるのはきみだけだ。

You alone [Nobody but you / You are the only one who] can do this.

ごぜんちゅうだけそれをかりていいですか。

May [Could] I borrow it just for the morning?

しんぶんだけではなくしゅうかんしにもでていた。

It was reported not only in the newspapers but also in the weekly magazines.

とうきょうだけでもそのようなじけんはけんあった。

There were ten such cases in Tokyo alone.

「ごめん」とひとことだけでもいってほしかった。

I wish you had said just [even] one word of apology.

いってみただけだ。

I only said it (but did not mean it).

ひとめみただけでそのいえがきにいった。

I took a fancy to the house at first sight.

そういったそれをみただけでかれはおこった。

The mere suggestion (sight) of it made him angry.

ちらっとみせてくれるだけでいい。

You have 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.

にちようびは、ねたいだけねることにしているので、おきるのはひるごろになる。

On Sunday, I decided to sleep for as long as I wanted, so it was already afternoon around the time I woke up.

きょうはあなたのおたんじょうびだから、とくべつよ。ケーキやチョコレートもすきなだけたべていいわよ。

Today is special because it's your birthday. It's okay to eat as much cake and chocolate as you like.

でんりょくふそくがしんぱいされています。でんきをできるだけせつやくしましょう。

The electricity shortage worries a lot of people. Let's try to save as much electricity as we can.

たくさんありますから、どうぞほしいだけおとりください。

There's a lot, so please take as many as you want.

できるだけ、がんばりましょう。

Let us try hard as much as we can.

それはかえってかていもんだいをさらにあっかさせるだけだろう。

It will only make a family matters worse.

せいだけをおおもじでかきなさい。

Write only your family name in capitals (capital letters).

わたしにおれいをいってくれたのはかれらだけだった。

They were the only people to thank me.

かのじょをただあいしているだけではない。

I don`t just love her.

それについてかんがえただけでむねがつまってがでた。

I was moved to tears just (by) thinking about it.

ただかねもうけのためにだけそれをした。

I did it for money alone.

さくらさんだけがそこにいった。

Only Sakura-san went there.

かのじょはかぜをひいただけでけっせきした。

She was absent simply because she caught cold.

テストのことをおもうだけでふあんになった。

I felt uneasy at the mere thought of the test.

そこへいくことをかんがえるだけでもおそろしい。

The very thought of going there frightens me.

こんどだけはみのがしてください。

Please forgive me for once.

かのじょはかれのあいだけがほしかった。

She wanted nothing but love out of him.

きこえるのはなみのおとだけだ。

All that is heard is the sound of waves.

きみにいっているのはじじつだけです。

I`m telling you nothing else than the truth.

かのじょはたんにかれにうまくりようされただけだろう。

She was merely fooled by him.

There are several different uses of dake and different meanings as well.
1) only;just;simply;merely
2) as ... as possible; whatever; anything
出来るだけ早く＝as quickly as possible

ziaz

As for the second use of だけ (〜 as much/long/many as you/I/etc (verb)), note that you only use verbs for this grammar, just as you do in English:

Ｖplain form + だけ
Ｖpotential form + だけ

As for other miscellaneous forms that do not use verbs, the most commonly used ones include:
〜(し)たいだけ
ほしいだけ
好きなだけ

rubyhatchet

ほしいだけ
as much as you want
好きなだけ
as much as you like
できるだけ
as much as you can

Marcel

Lots of common usages such as "not only XXX but YYY" "XXXだけでなく、YYYだ。"

Amatuka

First example : Lit. "She is not only diligent she is also charming"

Amatuka

Second example : Lit. "Do you have just the sufficent time to buy sufficient souveniers?"

Amatuka

I think that's almost correct, DC.

But I rarely hear ３人しかないので and ３人しかないでも.
I'd rather say ３人しかいなかったので、大変だった and
３人だけしかいないけれど十分 or ３人だけでも十分.

It's significantly difficult to explain because
this kind of sentences totally depends on personal
feelings...

しか　〜　ない implies negative feelings, and だけ
implies positive feelings, that's that.

Jimmie

#208 seems strange to me...

Can you add this to verbs?

Ayumi

だけ also has a meaning of "as much as possible" or "to the extent of". For example in #5388.
I often hear できるだけ - "As much as I can do it"
or 好きなだけ - "As much as you like"

blabby

208 explanation:

彼女はよく働くだけでなく、魅力的だ。
lit. Not only does she work (well), but she's charming.

Marcel

I think that ex #208 sounds rare because it should be ではなく like in ex #5381 instead of でなく.
I changed
[ex #5378] k限定,最低の限度〕only; merely; just; but
which was hardy understandable for me.

赤毛