"ところで" meaning in 日本語

See ところで in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Forms: 処で [kanji]
  1. 話題を転ずるときに用いる語。
    Sense id: ja-ところで-ja-conj-cTpv08gn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: そもそも, さて, それはさておき, それはそれとして, それはそうと, 閑話休題 Translations: well (英語), by the way (英語), incidentally (英語)
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 接続詞

Particle

  1. かりにそのような事態になっても好ましい結果にはなりそうにないというニュアンス。しても。したって。
    Sense id: ja-ところで-ja-particle-t~KZGFfm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 接続詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "処で",
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "接続詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "話題を転ずるときに用いる語。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-ところで-ja-conj-cTpv08gn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "そもそも"
    },
    {
      "word": "さて"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはさておき"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはそれとして"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはそうと"
    },
    {
      "word": "閑話休題"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "well"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "by the way"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "incidentally"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ところで"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語_助詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語_助詞_接続助詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "pos_title": "接続助詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(田中貢太郎「朝倉一五〇』)",
          "text": "一生懸命に駈けおりている自転車を、あれからすぐ追っかけて来たところで、人間わざでは駈けぬけることはできない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "かりにそのような事態になっても好ましい結果にはなりそうにないというニュアンス。しても。したって。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-ところで-ja-particle-t~KZGFfm"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "conjunctive"
  ],
  "word": "ところで"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 接続詞"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "処で",
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "接続詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "話題を転ずるときに用いる語。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "そもそも"
    },
    {
      "word": "さて"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはさておき"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはそれとして"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはそうと"
    },
    {
      "word": "閑話休題"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "well"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "by the way"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "incidentally"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ところで"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語_助詞",
    "日本語_助詞_接続助詞"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "pos_title": "接続助詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(田中貢太郎「朝倉一五〇』)",
          "text": "一生懸命に駈けおりている自転車を、あれからすぐ追っかけて来たところで、人間わざでは駈けぬけることはできない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "かりにそのような事態になっても好ましい結果にはなりそうにないというニュアンス。しても。したって。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "conjunctive"
  ],
  "word": "ところで"
}

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