Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, a cat owner has just unwrapped a plush, generously sized pet bed and set it beside the sofa. The owner kneels with one hand presenting the soft cushion, but the cat has squeezed into the tiny cardboard packaging instead.

JLPT N3conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

それなのに

sorenanoni

and yet, even so

Example sentences

  1. 「山田やまだくん、こんなところで何なにしてるの?」「バイトだよ」「塾じゅくのバイトもしてるんだよね?それなのに居酒屋いざかやのバイトもしてるの?」「助すけっ人ととして時々ときどきね」

    "Yamada-kun, what are you doing here?" "I’m working part-time." "You also work part-time at the cram school, right? And yet, you also work at the izakaya?" "As a helper sometimes."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは若わかい、それなのに分別ふんべつがある。

    He is young, and yet he is prudent.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは帰かえってくると約束やくそくした。それなのに帰かえってこなかった。

    He promised to return and yet he didn’t.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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