"ところで" meaning in All languages combined

See ところで on Wiktionary

Conjunction [日本語]

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

Inflected forms

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      "word": "そもそも"
    },
    {
      "word": "さて"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはさておき"
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    {
      "word": "それはそれとして"
    },
    {
      "word": "それはそうと"
    },
    {
      "word": "閑話休題"
    }
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      "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"
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    "日本語 接続詞"
  ],
  "forms": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "話題を転ずるときに用いる語。"
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "incidentally"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ところで"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ところで meaning in All languages combined (0.7kB)

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