Illustration: During a downpour, a resident of an older Japanese house notices water dripping from a dark wet patch in the ceiling. A fresh puddle has formed on the wooden floor. The resident is now sliding a large washbasin directly under the falling drops, with one drop caught just above its center.

JLPT N3conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

そこで

sokode

so, therefore

Example sentences

  1. 最終電車さいしゅうでんしゃに乗のり遅おくれてしまいました。そこで、家いえまでずっと歩あるくはめになりました。

    I missed the last train, so I had to walk all the way home.

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  2. そこで私わたしは自分じぶんの計画けいかくを断念だんねんした。

    Accordingly I gave up my plans.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そこで母親ははおやは考かんがえました。

    Then his mother thought.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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