ただし

About

ただし is usually translated as "however" and adds new (often contrasting) information or nuance to something that was previously stated. ただし is fairly formal and isn't often used in casual speech.

Usually, ただし comes at the start of a sentence and provides a contrasting statement to the sentence that comes before it.

In spoken Japanese, ただし can be shortened to ただ.

Summary

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  ただし means "however"

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  ただし is formal

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  ただし comes at the start of a sentence

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  ただし can be shortened to ただ