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だからといって — even so / that doesn't necessarily mean ~

だからといって

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Builds on だから

Meaning

Key sentence

I have no money. But that doesn't mean it's okay to steal.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Sentence-initial; the consequence is normally a denial [Sentence]. だからといって、〜わけではない / 〜とは限らない …だ。だからといって、…とは限らない。

Examples

It's expensive. Even so, that doesn't necessarily mean the quality is good.
Just because someone's a child doesn't mean anything goes.

Easily confused with

See だからといって in real sentences

Jengo shows だからといって the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar, A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

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