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そして

そしてsoshiteN5neutral

and; and then — hangs a new sentence onto the one just finished

昨日きのうは友達ともだちとご飯はん食たべたんだ。そして、カラオケに行いったよ。

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

この店みせは値段ねだんが安やすいです。そして、味あじもいいです。

kono mise wa nedan ga yasui desu. soshite, aji mo ii desu.

This place is cheap. And the food is good, too. neutral

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and then — the next thing that happened, in narrative order

  1. 昨日きのうは友達ともだちとご飯はん食たべたんだ。そして、カラオケに行いったよ。

    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

  2. 彼かれは大学だいがくで経済けいざいを学まなんだ。そして、卒業後そつぎょうごは銀行ぎんこうに入はいった。

    kare wa daigaku de keizai o mananda. soshite, sotsugyougo wa ginkou ni haitta.

    He studied economics at university. And after graduating he joined a bank. neutral

and — adds one more fact, in no particular order

  1. この店みせは値段ねだんが安やすいです。そして、味あじもいいです。

    kono mise wa nedan ga yasui desu. soshite, aji mo ii desu.

    This place is cheap. And the food is good, too. neutral

  2. 弊社へいしゃは品質ひんしつを第一だいいちに考かんがえております。そして、その姿勢しせいは創業そうぎょう以来いらい変かわっておりません。

    heisha wa hinshitsu o daiichi ni kangaete orimasu. soshite, sono shisei wa sougyou irai kawatte orimasen.

    We put quality first. And that stance has not changed since our founding. formal

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  • 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.