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そんなこんな (sonnakonna) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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With this and that happening, I ended up being late.
After various things happened, I now live here.
Related words そんなこんな and なんやかんや both summarize a series of miscellaneous events before a conclusion, but なんやかんや is more colloquial and often carries a nuance of trouble or fuss.
あれこれ means 'this and that' in a general sense of doing or considering various things, while そんなこんな specifically wraps up a preceding string of events before stating a result.
いろいろ simply means 'various' and can describe things or actions broadly, whereas そんなこんな specifically refers back to a jumble of prior happenings, often as そんなこんなで.
Etymology Reduplication of そんな (such) with こんな (this kind of), forming a phrase meaning 'such and such things'.
