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N2 — outside your level filter

それにしても

それにしてもsore ni shite moN2neutral

even so; all the same — grants that, and reacts anyway

忙いそがしいのは分わかるよ。それにしても、連絡れんらくぐらいしてほしかったな。

isogashii no wa wakaru yo. sore ni shite mo, renraku gurai shite hoshikatta na.

I get that you're busy. Still, I wish you'd at least been in touch. casual

値上ねあげは仕方しかたがないでしょう。それにしても、二倍にばいは高たかすぎます。

neage wa shikata ga nai deshou. sore ni shite mo, nibai wa takasugimasu.

A price rise may be unavoidable. Even so, double is too much. neutral

All examples4

even so — what was said is granted, reaction holds anyway

  1. 忙いそがしいのは分わかるよ。それにしても、連絡れんらくぐらいしてほしかったな。

    isogashii no wa wakaru yo. sore ni shite mo, renraku gurai shite hoshikatta na.

    I get that you're busy. Still, I wish you'd at least been in touch. casual

  2. 値上ねあげは仕方しかたがないでしょう。それにしても、二倍にばいは高たかすぎます。

    neage wa shikata ga nai deshou. sore ni shite mo, nibai wa takasugimasu.

    A price rise may be unavoidable. Even so, double is too much. neutral

  3. それにしても、今日きょうは暑あついね。

    sore ni shite mo, kyou wa atsui ne.

    My word, it's hot today. casual

  4. それにしましても、本日ほんじつはお足元あしもとの悪わるい中なか、よくお集あつまりくださいました。

    sore ni shimashite mo, honjitsu wa o ashimoto no warui naka, yoku oatsumari kudasaimashita.

    All the same, how good of you all to come out in weather like this. formal

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  • それにしましてもsorenishimashitemoformal

    ます slipped into する itself. Used from a podium or shop counter, never in ordinary talk.

Notes

それ need not point at anything said (それにしても、今日きょうは暑あついね). It can grant the shared situation instead, opening a conversation.