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そこで: so; therefore (taking action)

N3 · 01 Connecting sentences

Introduces an action taken in response to the situation just described.

Sentence-opening connector. The first sentence is a situation or problem, and そこで says what someone did about it. The second sentence is usually a past action; unlike だから it is not used for plain emotions.

Examples

道みちが分わからなかった。そこで、近ちかくの人ひとに聞きいてみた。

I did not know the way. So I asked a person nearby.

売上うりあげが伸のびなかった。そこで、新あたらしい広告こうこくを出だすことにした。

Sales did not grow. So we decided to run a new advertisement.

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