connective N1 uncommon politewritten

すなわち — namely

すなわち

Meaning

Key sentence

We head for the capital of Japan, namely Tokyo.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Between a term and its precise restatement A、すなわち B

When: Formal and written — explanation, definition, logic and mathematics ('i.e.').

Examples

He is my mother's younger brother, that is, my uncle.
Half a year, that is to say six months, has passed.

Easily confused with

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Jengo shows すなわち 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 Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

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