Japanese

Conjunction

所で ‎(hiragana ところで, romaji tokoro de)

1. by the way, incidentally

   所 (ところ)で、ちょっと君 (きみ)に話 (はなし)が在 (あ)る。

   Tokoro de, chotto kimi ni hanashi gāru.

   By the way, I have something to tell you.

   所 (ところ)で、あなたの仕事 (しごと)は何 (なん)ですか？

   Tokoro de, anata no shigoto wa nan desu ka?

   By the way, what do you do?

Particle

所で ‎(hiragana ところで, romaji tokorode)

1. even if, no matter if (someone does something)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.