だからといって

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Meanings

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conjunction

just because; even so; that doesn't mean

usually written using kana alone

Used to introduce a contrast or limitation: acknowledges a preceding statement but denies that it leads to an obvious conclusion. Often followed by a negative or limiting phrase.

彼かれはお金かね持

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だ

から

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言い

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幸しあわ

せ

と

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限かぎ

ら

ない

。

He is rich. That does not necessarily mean he is happy.

彼かれは謝あやまった。だからと言いって、すぐに許ゆるすわけにはいかない。

He apologized. Even so, I cannot forgive him right away.

Usage patterns

だからと言いって〈事こと〉というわけではないjust because that's true, it doesn't mean that ~
彼かれは日本にほん語ごが上手じょうずだ。だからと言いって、日本にほん人じんというわけではない。
He speaks Japanese well. That doesn't mean he's Japanese.
だからと言いって〈事こと〉とは限かぎらないeven so, that's not necessarily the case
値ね段だんが高たかい。だからと言いって、品ひん質しつがいいとは限かぎらない。

Kanji

言say, word

Related words

とはいえ
とはいえ is a more literary 'that being said' connector, while だからと言って explicitly ties back to a stated reason before denying its expected conclusion.
そうかと言いって
そうかといって and だからと言って are nearly interchangeable concessive connectors, but そうかといって sounds slightly more colloquial.

Don't confuse with

だからN4
だから simply means 'so/therefore' and states a conclusion, whereas だからと言って uses the same base word but denies that the stated reason leads to an obvious conclusion.
かといって
だからと言って means 'just because X, that doesn't mean Y' (rejecting a conclusion drawn from a reason), while かと言って qualifies a preceding statement without that reason-conclusion link.

Etymology

Compound of だから (therefore) + と (quotative particle) + 言って (te-form of 言う, 'to say'). Literally 'even if one says that it is so', it grammaticalized into a concessive conjunction.

It's expensive, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good quality.