connective N2 common casualpolitewritten

その上に — on top of that

その上に ・ そのうえに
Builds on その上

Meaning

Key sentence

I got lost, and on top of that, it even started to rain.

Easily confused with

その上 その上に is simply その上 with the に attached — same 'moreover / on top of that' connector. Full teaching layer lives on その上.

See その上に in real sentences

Jengo shows その上に the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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

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