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11課 目的・理由・逆接・列挙
Purpose, reason, reverse, list — ために, ように, ので, のに, し, たり
11課

それで

接続:文。+ それで、+ 文。
Therefore, therefore — conjunction connecting a sentence, taking the previous sentence as cause and stating effect.
注意 / Note:The following clause does not use will, command, or inducement — different from だから. Suitable to tell what happened.
比較 / Compare:それで(telling stories, natural results)/だから(subjective, stronger)/そこで(then what did I do).
よく出る形 / Common form:〜。それで、〜ました。
きのうは熱がありました。それで、会社を休みました。
Yesterday I had a fever. So I quit work.
電車が止まった。それで、歩いて帰った。
The train stopped running. So I walked back.
雨が降ってきた。それで、試合は中止になった。
It rained. Therefore the match was cancelled.

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