Illustration: At a home dining table, a diner has watering eyes after tasting curry crowded with sliced chilies. They acknowledge the hot dish with a rueful nod and a hand near their flushed mouth. Across the table, their partner offers a replacement bowl containing only plain rice submerged in water.

JLPT N2expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

かといって

ka to itte

having said that, but still

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはハンサムではなく、かといって醜男ぶおとこというわけでもない。

    He is neither handsome nor ugly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 一方いっぽうでは君きみは間違まちがっている。かといって、私わたしはそのことであなたを責せめることはできない。

    On the one hand, you are wrong, but on the other hand, I can’t blame you for that.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. かといって頼綱よりつなが長崎ながさきとは別べつの名字みょうじを名乗なのったという記録きろくもない。

    That said, there is no record of Yoritsuna using a surname other than Nagasaki.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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