なれども

conjunction

but; however

Archaic written-style conjunction, equivalent to modern けれども or けれど. Found in classical Japanese texts and occasionally in modern literary or formal writing for stylistic effect.

See also: けれど

• 昔むかしの人ひとは「なれども」と書かいたが、今いまは「けれども」と言いう。

  People in the past wrote なれども, but nowadays they say けれども.