ところで

• 読み: ところで
• ローマ字: tokorode
• 発音: /to.ko.ɾo.de/

意味

By the way; incidentally. Used to change the topic in conversation.

A conjunction used to introduce a new or tangential topic in conversation. Functions as a topic-changer and is very common in everyday speech. Unlike ところが (tokoroga, however), ところで does not express contrast but rather shifts the conversation. Always placed at the beginning of a sentence.

例文

1. ところで明日の会議は何時からですか。
2. 映画の話はおもしろいね。ところで週末は何する予定？
3. ところでさっき言っていた本はもう読んだ？

使い方ガイド

場面: conversation, daily life, casual talk

トーン: casual

起源と歴史

From 所 (tokoro, place/situation) and the particle で (at/by). Originally 'at that place/point,' it evolved to mean 'at this juncture' and then to its modern usage as a topic-changing conjunction.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal