even so; though that may be
Archaic conjunction used in classical Japanese to mean 'even so' or 'nevertheless'. In modern Japanese, it is replaced by expressions like それでも or そうではあるが.
In classical literature, しかるを is sometimes used as a concessive conjunction.
Classical kanji spelling; rarely used in modern writing.
Alternate classical kanji spelling; even less common than 然るを.
A classical conjunction formed from the attributive form 然る, “being so,” and the conjunctive particle を. It introduces a contrasting circumstance: “although that is so” or “even so.”