だからといって

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Meanings

1

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

持も

ち

だ

。

だ

から

と

言い

っ

て

、

幸しあわ

せ

と

は

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

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.