Word details
ところで
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ところで.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Conjunction
by the way; incidentally; well; now
Examples
「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."
2
Particle; Conjunction; After the plain past form of a verb
even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
Examples
ぶつくさ言ったところでしょうがない。
Complaining won't change anything.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
所
place, extent
8 strokesFrequency 221JLPT N3Grade 3
On
ショ
Kun
ところ-ところどころとこ
Nanori
せ
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