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and; and then — hangs a new sentence onto the one just finished
昨日は友達とご飯食べたんだ。そして、カラオケに行ったよ。
kinou wa tomodachi to gohan tabeta n da. soshite, karaoke ni itta yo.
I had dinner with friends yesterday. And then we went to karaoke. casual
この店は値段が安いです。そして、味もいいです。
kono mise wa nedan ga yasui desu. soshite, aji mo ii desu.
This place is cheap. And the food is good, too. neutral
Variants
そうしてsoushiteliterary
the unclipped original — narrative and older writing; in speech it reads old-fashioned, and そう+して "in that manner" (そうしてください) is a different word wearing the same surface.
そして
そしてsoshiteN5neutral