Connectors & Prepositions
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Vocabulary Words (60)
でも
/démo/
but / however
しかし
/shikashi/
however
そして
/soshite/
and then / so
また
/mata/
also / again
だから
/dakara/
so / therefore
または
/matawa/
or
もし
/moɕi/
if
まだ
/mada/
still / not yet
もう
/mɔ̃/
already / anymore
なぜ
/nadze/
why
ので
/node/
because / so
けど
/kedo/
but / though
ずっと
/zutto/
all along / always
やっと
/jatto/
finally / at last
もちろん
/moɕiroɴ/
of course
それとも
/soretomo/
or (in questions)
つまり
/tsumari/
in other words
例えば
/tatoeba/
for example
実は
/jitsuwa/
actually / in fact
やはり
/yahari/
as expected / after all
やっぱり
/jaɸpari/
as expected (casual)
ところで
/tokoɾode/
by the way
しかも
/ɕikamo/
moreover / besides
さらに
/sarani/
furthermore / even more
逆に
/gyakkuni/
conversely / on the contrary
一方
/ippou/
on the other hand
ただ
/tada/
but / however / just
結局
/kekkyoku/
in the end / after all
確かに
/tashikani/
certainly / indeed
特に
/tokuni/
especially / particularly
主に
/omoni/
mainly / primarily
大体
/daitai/
roughly / mostly
むしろ
/muɕiro/
rather / instead
せめて
/semete/
at least
それに
/soreni/
besides / moreover
そのため
/sonotame/
for that reason
したがって
/ɕitagaʔʔe/
therefore / consequently
ところが
/tokoroga/
however (unexpected)
ともかく
/tomokaku/
anyway / in any case
さて
/sate/
well / now then
では
/dewa/
well then / in that case
そういえば
/souieba/
speaking of which
ちなみに
/chinamini/
incidentally / by the way
もしかしたら
/moshikashitara/
perhaps / maybe
おそらく
/osoraku/
probably / likely
当然
/toːzeɴ/
naturally / of course
もはや
/moɦaja/
no longer / already
いわば
/iwaba/
so to speak
なお
/nao/
furthermore / note that
ちょうど
/chōdo/
exactly / just
せっかく
/sekkaku/
with great effort / specially
どうせ
/dōse/
anyway / どうせ
とにかく
/tonikaku/
anyway / at any rate
なるほど
/naruhodo/
I see / indeed
要するに
/yousuruni/
in short / to sum up
その代わり
/sonokawari/
instead / in return
実際に
/jissaini/
actually / in practice
その上
/sonoue/
moreover / on top of that
少なくとも
/sukunakutomo/
at least
必ずしも
/kanarazuʃimo/
not necessarily
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