Conjunction (Basic ㊦ 414)
If that is the case
Equivalent: If so; then; well then
1. それでは is contracted into それじゃ or それじゃあ in informal speech.
2. それでは is often shortened to では, which is further contracted to じゃあ or じゃ.
3. それでは is used in sentence-initial position, and それ 'that' refers to that which is stated in the preceding sentence, as in Examples (a) and (b), or to the preceding context, as in Examples (c) and (d). In Examples (c) and (d) the speaker uses それでは based on some nonverbal shared knowledge. The shared knowledge for (c) and (d) could be 'the fact of having worked long enough' and 'the fact of having finished today's discussion and an agreement for meeting every Friday', respectively.
