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Japanese Conjunctions List
Japanese Conjunctions List provides essential linking words used to connect phrases, sentences, and ideas in Japanese.
| No. | Japanese | Romaji | Grammar Meaning | Level |
| 1 | あるいは | aruiwa | or; either; maybe; perhaps; possibly ~ | N2 |
| 2 | ばいい | ba ii | should; can; it’d be good if ~ | N3 |
| 3 | ばこそ | ba koso | only because ~ | N1 |
| 4 | ばそれまでだ / たらそれまでだ | ba sore made da / tara sore made da | if… then it’s over | N1 |
| 5 | べく | beku | in order to; for the purpose of ~ | N1 |
| 6 | べくして | beku shite | as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course | N1 |
| 7 | ちなみに | chinamini | by the way; in this connection; incidentally; (conjunction) | N2 |
| 8 | だけど | dakedo | but; however; although; regarding ~ | N3 |
| 9 | だって | datte | because; but; after all; even; too | N2 |
| 10 | であれ / であろうと | de are / de arou to | whoever; whatever; however; even ~ | N1 |
| 11 | であれ～であれ | de are~de are | whether [A] or [B] | N1 |
| 12 | でも | demo | but; however; though ~ | N5 |
| 13 | が | ga | subject marker; however; but ~ | N5 |
| 14 | 一方で【いっぽうで】 | ippou de | on one hand, on the other hand; although ~ | N2 |
| 15 | いずれにしても / いずれにしろ / いずれにせよ | izure ni shitemo / izure ni shiro / izure ni seyo | anyhow; anyway; either way; in any case ~ | N1 |
| 16 | じゃあ | jaa | then; well; so; well then | N5 |
| 17 | かと思いきや【かとおもいきや】 | ka to omoikiya | contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ~ | N1 |
| 18 | かと思ったら【かとおもったら】 | ka to omottara | just when; no sooner than ~ | N2 |
| 19 | か～か | ka~ka | or | N5 |
| 20 | 甲斐もなく【かいもなく】 | kai mo naku | despite; even though ~ | N1 |
| 21 | から | kara | because; since; from | N5 |
| 22 | かたがた | katagata | while; at the same time; incidentally; for the purpose of ~ | N1 |
| 23 | 代わりに【かわりに】 | kawari ni | instead of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for | N3 |
| 24 | けど | kedo | but; however; although ~ | N5 |
| 25 | けれども | keredo mo | but; however; although ~ | N5 |
| 26 | これから | korekara | after this | N4 |
| 27 | こそあれ | koso are | although; even though ~ | N1 |
| 28 | こそすれ | koso sure | and; although; but ~ | N1 |
| 29 | こそ「～が・けれど」 | koso~ga/keredo | but; although (emphasis) | N1 |
| 30 | こととて | koto tote | because; since ~ | N1 |
| 31 | ことは～が | koto wa~ga | although; but ~ | N3 |
| 32 | くせに | kuse ni | and yet; though; in spite of; despite ~ | N3 |
| 33 | くせして | kuse shite | although; despite the fact that; even though ~ | N2 |
| 34 | または | matawa | both; or; otherwise; choice between [A] or [B] | N4 |
| 35 | も～ば～も | mo~ba~mo | and; also; as well; either/or; neither/nor | N3 |
| 36 | ものだから | mono dakara | so; therefore; the reason for something | N2 |
| 37 | もので | mono de | because; for that reason | N1 |
| 38 | もしくは | moshikuwa | or; otherwise | N1 |
| 39 | もしも〜たら | moshimo~tara | if; in the case; supposing ~ | N3 |
| 40 | もっとも | motto mo | but then; although; though ~ | N2 |
| 41 | ながらに / ながらの | nagara ni / nagara no | while; during; without change; performed in this condition | N1 |
| 42 | なお | nao | still; yet; furthermore; in addition ~ | N2 |
| 43 | なら | nara | if; in the case that ~ | N4 |
| 44 | ならいざしらず / はいざしらず | nara iza shirazu / wa iza shirazu | I don’t know about … but; it may be possible for … but ~ | N1 |
| 45 | なぜなら | nazenara | because; the reason is; if you want to know why | N3 |
| 46 | にあって | ni atte | at; on; during; in the condition of ~ | N1 |
| 47 | に至っても【にいたっても】 | ni itattemo | even if; even though; although something reached the point ~ | N1 |
| 48 | に限らず【にかぎらず】 | ni kagirazu | not just; not only… but also ~ | N2 |
| 49 | にしたところで / としたところで | ni shita tokoro de / to shita tokoro de | even if; even supposing that ~ | N1 |
| 50 | につれて | ni tsurete | as; in proportion to; with; as… then ~ | N3 |
| 51 | にも関わらず【にもかかわらず】 | nimo kakawarazu | despite; in spite of; nevertheless; although ~ | N2 |
| 52 | ので | node | because of; given that; since ~ | N5 |
| 53 | のに | noni | although, in spite of, even though ~ | N4 |
| 54 | おまけに | omake ni | to make matters worse; besides; what’s more; in addition; on top of that | N2 |
| 55 | 及び【および】 | oyobi | and; as well as ~ | N2 |
| 56 | さあ | saa | well… | N5 |
| 57 | さらに | sara ni | furthermore; again; more and more ~ | N3 |
| 58 | さて | sate | conjunction: well; now; then ~ | N3 |
| 59 | し | shi | and; and what’s more ~ (emphasis) | N4 |
| 60 | しかも | shikamo | moreover; furthermore; and yet; what’s more ~ | N2 |
| 61 | しかし | shikashi | but; however ~ | N5 |
| 62 | そのために | sono tame ni | hence; for that reason; because of ~ | N3 |
| 63 | その上【そのうえ】 | sono ue | besides; in addition; furthermore ~ | N2 |
| 64 | それで | sore de | because of that | N4 |
| 65 | それでも | sore demo | but still; and yet; even so ~ | N4 |
| 66 | それから | sore kara | and; and then; after that; since then | N5 |
| 67 | それなのに | sore na noni | and yet; despite this; but even so ~ | N2 |
| 68 | それなら | sore nara | if that’s the case; if so ~ | N2 |
| 69 | それに | sore ni | besides; in addition; also; moreover ~ | N4 |
| 70 | それとも | soretomo | or; or else ~ | N3 |
| 71 | そして | soshite | and; and then; thus; and now ~ | N5 |
| 72 | すなわち | sunawachi | in other words; namely ~ | N3 |
| 73 | たところで | ta tokoro de | even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) | N1 |
| 74 | ために | tame ni | for; in order to; for the benefit of; because of; as a result of ~ | N3 |
| 75 | たら | tara | if; after; when ~ | N4 |
| 76 | たらどう | tara dou | why don’t you; how about ~ (used to give advice) | N4 |
| 77 | たらいいですか | tara ii desu ka | what should I do?; speaker seeking instructions from listener | N4 |
| 78 | たら最後 / たが最後【たらさいご / たがさいご】 | tara saigo / taga saigo | if you do… negative result | N1 |
| 79 | たら～たで | tara~tade | if / in the case… of course / should ~ | N1 |
| 80 | たら～ところだ | tara~tokoro da | if… (counterfactual condition), then would be ~ | N1 |
| 81 | 例えば【たとえば】 | tatoeba | for example; for instance ~ | N3 |
| 82 | て / で | te / de | conjunctive particle; so; because of [A], [B]… | N4 |
| 83 | てでも | te demo | even if I have to; by all means ~ | N2 |
| 84 | と | to | whenever [A] happens, [B] also happens | N4 |
| 85 | と | to | and; with; as; connecting particle | N5 |
| 86 | とあれば | to areba | if it is the case that; if ~ | N1 |
| 87 | とあって | to atte | due to the fact that; because of ~ | N1 |
| 88 | と同時に【とどうじに】 | to douji ni | at the same time as; while; simultaneously ~ | N2 |
| 89 | といえども | to ie domo | even if; even though; despite ~ | N1 |
| 90 | といい / たらいい | to ii / tara ii | it would be nice if; should; I hope ~ | N3 |
| 91 | といった | to itta | like; such as ~ | N2 |
| 92 | といっても | to ittemo | although I say; although one might say ~ | N3 |
| 93 | と言ってもいい【といってもいい】 | to ittemo ii | you could say; one might say; I’d say ~ | N4 |
| 94 | というか～というか | to iu ka~to iu ka | or rather; or perhaps I should say; I mean ~ | N1 |
| 95 | というのは | to iu nowa | this means; the meaning of … is; because; that is to say ~ | N3 |
| 96 | と言うと【というと】 | to iu to | speaking of; when you talk of; when you say ~ | N3 |
| 97 | ときている | to kiteiru | because of ~ | N1 |
| 98 | となると / となれば | to naru to / to nareba | when it comes to; in such a case; if that happens | N1 |
| 99 | とすれば・としたら・とすると | to sureba / to shitara / to suru to | in the case of~; assuming~; if A then B | N3 |
| 100 | とか（で） | toka (de) | I heard that ~ | N2 |
| 101 | とか～とか | toka~toka | among other things; such as; like ~ | N4 |
| 102 | ところで | tokoro de | by the way ~ | N3 |
| 103 | ところが | tokoro ga | even so; however; even though ~ | N3 |
| 104 | ところを | tokoro o | although (it is a certain time/condition); even though normally | N1 |
| 105 | とはいえ | towa ie | though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless | N1 |
| 106 | つ～つ | tsu~tsu | and ~ (indicates two contrasting actions) | N1 |
| 107 | 上は【うえは】 | ue wa | now that; since; as long as ~ | N2 |
| 108 | はどうであれ | wa dou de are | however; whatever ~ | N1 |
| 109 | はさておき | wa sateoki | setting aside ~ | N1 |
| 110 | は〜が… は | wa~ga… wa | [A] but [B]; however; comparison | N4 |
| 111 | や | ya | and; or; connecting particle | N5 |
| 112 | ゆえに | yue ni | therefore; consequently; because of; due to ~ | N1 |
| 113 | ずとも | zu tomo | even without doing; even without being ~ | N1 |
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