Whereas in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA connector contrasting two facts or positions, without expressing a temporal relationship.

Definition in Japanese時間の前後ではなく、二つの事実や立場の違いを示す表現。

Example sentences

• アナは費用(ひよう)の見積(みつ)もりが出(で)るまで待(ま)つ一方(いっぽう)、ベンは見積(みつ)もりが出(で)る前(まえ)でも試験的(しけんてき)な実施(じっし)を承認(しょうにん)するつもりです。🔊

  Ana would wait for the cost estimate, whereas Ben would approve a trial before it is ready.

• ベンは今(いま)すぐ試験的(しけんてき)な実施(じっし)を承認(しょうにん)するつもりでいる一方(いっぽう)で、アナは費用(ひよう)の見積(みつ)もりがないと承認(しょうにん)しない。🔊

  Ben's ready to approve a trial now, whereas Ana won't approve one without the cost estimate.

Learn it in a lesson

• Summarizing and comparing opinions in Japanese

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