adds one more point to what you have just said, pulling the same way: "besides", "on top of that". It starts the second sentence, and the added point often carries
. It is the everyday word for this, at home in casual and polite speech.
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This restaurant is cheap. And besides, the food is good.
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It's cold today. On top of that, the wind is strong.
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This room is spacious. Besides, it's close to the station.
Piling up reasons
After a clause ending in , それに adds a further reason, often for a decision that is left unsaid or comes at the end.
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I don't have the time, and besides, I don't have the money.
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I'm tired, and it's raining too, so I'm staying in.
それに or それから
それに adds a fact about the same thing. moves on to what happened next. A learner who wants "and then" reaches for それに by mistake.
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I had breakfast. Then I went to school.
- × 朝ご飯を食べた。それに、学校に行った → 朝ご飯を食べた。それから、学校に行った
The two points also have to pull the same way. is good news and is bad, so they take .
- × この部屋は広い。それに、暗い → この部屋は広い。でも、暗い
Adding to a list
Between nouns, それに adds the last item: "and also".
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Please bring a pen, a notebook, and a dictionary as well.
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