How to say 'And' in Japanese | そして

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The Japanese word for And is 'Soshite', written as そして in Japanese.

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そして

Meaning

And

Reading

Soshite

Explanation

The Japanese conjunction 'そして (soshite)' is used to connect sentences or clauses, similar to the English word 'and'. It indicates a sequence of events or addition of information. It is often used in both written and spoken Japanese to smoothly transition between ideas. For example: I woke up, and then I ate breakfast「私は起きました、そして朝ごはんを食べました」(わたしはおきました、そしてあさごはんをたべました). She studied hard, and then she passed the exam「彼女は一生懸命勉強しました、そして試験に合格しました」(かのじょはいっしょうけんめいべんきょうしました、そしてしけんにごうかくしました). Note that 'そして' is more formal than 'それから' and is typically used in written language or formal speech.

Part Of Speech

conjunction

Frequency

121

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word そして

This word contains 3 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

そ

Reading

hiragana

し

Reading

Shi

hiragana

て

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'Soshite' means 'And' .

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