100 Connecting Words Commonly Used in Kaiwa

03/08/20264 min read

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100 connecting words commonly used in kaiwa
Japanese words that are often used in conversation.

No.	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	Meaning
1		いずれにしても	izure ni shitemo	in any case, either way
2	一方で	そのいっぽうで	sono ippou de	on the other hand
3	反比例して	それにはんぴれいして	sore ni hanpirei shite	in inverse proportion to that
4	加えて	くわえて	kuwaete	in addition to that
5		にもかかわらず	ni mo kakawarazu	even so, nevertheless
6		そうしておいて	sou shite oite	having done that, then…
7		ついには	tsuini wa	in the end, after all
8	対して	それにたいして	sore ni taishite	regarding that
9		もとより	motoyori	originally, naturally
10	所詮	しょせん	shosen	after all, when it comes down to it
11		そうなると	sou naru to	if it comes to that, then…
12		どうにかして	dou ni ka shite	somehow or other
13		とはいえども	to wa iedomo	that said, however…
14	限って	にかぎって	ni kagitte	only… is different
15		そうかといって	sou ka to itte	even so, nevertheless
16		まるで～ようだ	marude ~ you da	just as if…
17		さすがに	sasuga ni	it's true that (but still…)
18		というより	to iu yori	or rather, more precisely
19		いかにも	ika ni mo	indeed, truly
20		あくまで	akumade	no matter what, resolutely
21	一方	いっぽう	ippou	on the other hand
22		にもかかわらず	ni mo kakawarazu	although
23		それどころか	sore dokoro ka	on the contrary
24		なおさら	naosara	the more… the more
25		ひいては	hiite wa	by extension, more broadly
26		かつ	katsu	at the same time, and (formal)
27		ゆえに	yue ni	therefore (written style)
28		ではあるが	de wa aru ga	although… yet
29		とはいえ	to wa ie	having said that
30		かつては	katsute wa	previously, before
31		ついでに	tsuide ni	by the way, incidentally
32		いっそのこと	isso no koto	would rather, better to
33		にもまして	ni mo mashite	more than anything, moreover
34		ちなみに	chinami ni	incidentally (adding side information)
35		ただでさえ	tada de sae	already…, and on top of that…
36		そればかりか	sore bakari ka	not only that, but also…
37		どうせ	douse	anyway (often with a negative nuance)
38		そもそも	somosomo	originally, from the start
39	一応	いちおう	ichiou	for the time being, for now
40		それにしては	sore ni shite wa	compared to that…
41		それながらも	sore nagara mo	even so, still…
42		もっとも	mottomo	however, nevertheless
43		そのうえで	sono ue de	on that basis
44		けっきょく	kekkyoku	in the end, ultimately
45		つまるところ	tsumaru tokoro	in short
46	加えて	それにくわえて	sore ni kuwaete	in addition
47		はたまた	hatamata	or perhaps… (literary)
48		しかるに	shikaru ni	however (very formal)
49		ひるがえって	hirugaette	conversely…
50		なぜなら	naze nara	because
51		そのくせ	sono kuse	and yet (contrary to expectation)
52		なおさら	naosara	all the more (stronger emphasis)
53	言ってみれば	いってみれば	itte mireba	so to speak, as it were
54		どのみち	dono michi	no matter what
55	限らないが	とはかぎらないが	to wa kagiranai ga	not necessarily, not always
56		だからには	dakara ni wa	once… then
57		それとも	sore tomo	or (used in questions)
58		いずれ	izure	sooner or later
59		いざとなれば	iza to nareba	when necessary, when the time comes
60		おそらくは	osoraku wa	probably (conjecture)
61		まさに	masa ni	exactly, precisely
62		なにしろ	nanishiro	anyway, in any case
63		たしかに～が	tashika ni ~ ga	it's true that ~ but
64		どころか	dokoro ka	on the contrary, far from it (strong negation)
65		それというのも	sore to iu no mo	the reason being…
66		おかげで	okage de	thanks to
67		せいで	sei de	because of, due to (negative cause)
68		しかも	shikamo	furthermore, in addition
69		いわば	iwaba	so to speak, what you might call
70		おまけに	omake ni	in addition
71		なおかつ	naokatsu	furthermore, what's more
72		それゆえに	sore yue ni	for that reason
73		だが	daga	but (written, more formal than でも)
74		だからといって	dakara to itte	even so…
75	要するに	ようするに	you suru ni	in short, to sum up
76		かといって	ka to itte	even so…
77		そうはいっても	sou wa itte mo	that said…
78		おそらく	osoraku	perhaps (with conjecture)
79		たとえば	tatoeba	for example
80		なおさらながら	naosara nagara	all the more
81		それにしても	sore ni shite mo	even so, still…
82	言えば	もっといえば	motto ieba	to add to that…
83		かえって	kaette	on the contrary, conversely
84		たしかに	tashika ni	it's true that… but
85		むしろ	mushiro	on the contrary, rather
86		にしても	ni shite mo	even if… still
87		いずれにせよ	izure ni seyo	in any case
88		せめて	semete	at least
89		とはいうものの	to wa iu monono	having said that
90		そして	soshite	and then
91		しかし	shikashi	however
92		それから	sore kara	after that
93		それに	sore ni	furthermore
94		だから	dakara	therefore
95		けれども	keredomo	but
96		また	mata	besides, moreover
97		つまり	tsumari	in short, that is
98		ところが	tokoro ga	however
99		そのため	sono tame	therefore, for that reason