そして

Conjunction (Basic ㊦ 422)

A coordinate conjunction that connects two sentences.

Equivalent: And; and then

今日は東京に行った・行きました。そして友達に会った・会いました。
I went to Tokyo today. And I met my friend there.
昨日は朝ゴルフをしました。そして午後はテニスをしました。
Yesterday I played golf in the morning. And I played tennis in the afternoon.
この映画はつまらない。そして長過ぎる。
This movie is uninteresting. And it's too long.
この花は奇麗です。そして安いです。
This flower is pretty. And it is inexpensive.

Notes

1. そして and そうして are normally interchangeable, but if そうして is used in the original sense of 'by doing so', it cannot be replaced by そして.

2. The two sentences in this construction can be combined using the て-form of verbs or adjectives, as in (2). This version is encountered less frequently than the above version and sounds a little redundant, because the て-form alone can mean '~ and'.