connective N2 uncommon politewritten

なお — note that ~ / in addition (supplementary)

なお

Meaning

note that ~ / in addition ~ / for your information ~ — opens a supplementary remark or proviso after the main point

なお heads a sentence that *adds a side note or caveat* once the main statement is finished — the staple of notices, announcements, and formal writing. 説明会せつめいかいは二時にじからです。なお、筆記用具ひっきようぐをご持参じさんください ('The session starts at two. Note: please bring writing materials'). Unlike さらに/その上, which pile on more supporting points, なお appends auxiliary information the reader needs — a condition, exception, or housekeeping detail — set slightly apart from the core message.

Key sentence

会議かいぎは明日あした行おこなわれます。なお、場所ばしょは変更へんこうになりました。

The meeting will be held tomorrow. Please note that the venue has changed.

Formation

Attaches to	Form	Example
Sentence-initial, after the main statement	[main statement]。なお、[supplementary note]。	締切しめきりは金曜きんようです。なお、…

When: Formal notices, official documents, academic and business writing. Marks a follow-up proviso, not another argument.

Examples

申もうし込こみは先着順せんちゃくじゅんです。なお、定員ていいんに達たっし次第しだい締しめ切きります。

Applications are first-come, first-served. Please note that registration closes once capacity is reached.

詳細しょうさいは別紙べっしの通とおりです。なお、ご不明ふめいな点てんはお問とい合あわせください。

Details are as given in the attached sheet. In addition, please contact us with any questions.

Easily confused with

さらにさらに / その上 pile on another supporting point in the same argument; なお steps aside to add a *supplementary note or caveat* (a deadline, an exception, a request) the audience should be aware of. それにそれに is casual 'besides' adding weight to a claim; なお is formal and appends administrative or auxiliary information after the main point — a register and function apart.

Notes

なお also has a classical adverbial sense 'still / even more' (なお一層いっそう 'still more'), but the everyday written use is this sentence-opening 'note that / in addition'.

See なお in real sentences

Jengo shows なお 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.

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