Phrase/Conjunction (Intermediate ㊥ 397)
A structure which expresses that the speaker/writer cannot easily accept the corollary from the preceding statement owing to some circumstances, although he feels like accepting it
Equivalent: But; yet; even so
| (i) A: | Sentence1 | |
| B: | そうかと言って、Sentence2 | |
| A: | 漫画は面白いですね | Comic books are fun |
| B: | そうかと言って、漫画ばかり読んでいるわけにもいきませんよ | But you can’t read just comic books, you know |
| (ii) Sentence1が | そうかと言って、Sentence2 | |
| 漫画は面白いですが、そうかと言って、漫画ばかり読んでいるわけにもいきませんよ | Comic books are fun , but you can’t read just comic books, you know |
