JLPT N3 · conjunction

ところで (tokorode)

ところで is a Japanese conjunction meaning “by the way; incidentally”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ところで
Romaji: tokorode
Word class: conjunction
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

by the way; incidentally; well; now · conjunction · usually written in kana
even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.) · particle, conjunction · usually written in kana · after the plain past form of a verb

Example sentences

「ところでよ、そのおめーのお父さんはどこにいんのさ？」「横転したトラックの下なんよ」

"By the way, where's your old man?" "Under that over-turned truck."

Tatoeba #236489

ぶつくさ言ったところでしょうがない。

Complaining won't change anything.

Tatoeba #2315829

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1343110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.