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所ところで

Kana ところで Romaji tokorode

JLPT N3 Common word

Definitions

01conjunction

usually kana

by the way; incidentally; well; now

02particle · conjunction

usually kana

even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

after the plain past form of a verb

Examples

ぶつくさ言ったところでしょうがない。

Complaining won't change anything.

Tatoeba #2315829

「ところでよ、そのおめーのお父さんはどこにいんのさ?」「横転したトラックの下なんよ」

"By the way, where's your old man?" "Under that over-turned truck."

Tatoeba #236489

ところで、何歳ですか。

By the way, how old are you?

Tatoeba #200860

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