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I understand that けれども/けれど/けど means "although, however, but", but I'm looking
for the daily usage of it.

It looks like that native Japanese use this particle not only when they are
trying to contradict two things. Would any native level Japanese speaker show
some example of けれども/けれど/けど that will make me sound more Japanese please?

An example would be (I heard this when I was buying a train ticket, someone
said to the train station staff):

> ◯◯に行きたいんですけど…

Doesn't make sense to me. I suspect this is due to Japanese culture.
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Native usage of けど
Quite simply, けど is also often used as a softener. That way, they don't sound
as abrupt or rude.

> ◯◯に行きたいんですけど…

The speaker added けど to make sure (s)he didn't sound like, "I want to go to
◯◯!" when trying to get a ticket.
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> I understand that けれども/けれど/けど means "although, however, but", but I'm
> looking for the daily usage of it.

I mostly hear けど in daily life conversations. The two other sound more
"formal/feminine" to me.

> > ◯◯に行きたいんですけど…

This is one the multuous unsaid things in japanese.

◯◯に行きたいんですが、どうしたらいいですか。

◯◯に行きたいんですが、地図を書いていただけませんか。

which you shouldn't be translate word by word but instead should be understood
as:

”I'd like to go to oo, could you do that or this to hep me?”

If you don't say the second part, it becomes softer, as if you were reluctant
of asking something (but by doing so you let your interlocutor guessing what
you want)

◯◯に行きたいんですが...

in a less polite way of speaking, が becomes けど
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I happened to see your question. Let me add my thought to two answers.

When someone stopped own claim at

...けど,

sometimes this means question or emphasis or omission, or some combination of
them.

In the situation of the train station, I guess the usage is question. When
Japanese expect/think that a person understand one's opinion, then omit one's
claim. In that station, I guess "the someone" "omit a question".

In the situation of you read a diary, I can't guess "precise" meaning of ...けど
because I don't see the context. But I expect that meaning is one of three or
combination of them.

In conversation someone stopped ...けど and I don't understand their claim, I
often throw a question back at them.

けど/ですけど/ですが

have many means, I think the context is important.
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東京に行きたいんですけど (行き方がわかりません)

The words "I don't know how to get there." are hidden, I think.
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