Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment, one housemate holds two sofa cushions toward another, inviting an opinion about their patterns. The second housemate has turned away from the cushions and urgently points into the adjoining kitchen, where water is spilling over the sink rim.

JLPT N3conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

それより

soreyori

more importantly, instead

Can shift attention to a more pressing topic. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. それより、君きみは大丈夫だいじょうぶ？

    More importantly, are you okay?

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. それより、今日きょうの家事当番かじとうばんはわたしだったっけ？

    Putting that to one side, was it supposed to be my turn to do the housekeeping today?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. それより、本ほんを読よんだほうがいい。

    You ought to read books instead.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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