それに (soreni) Meaning Japanese Grammar - In Addition To That ...

それに (soreni) is a expression literally meaning is to that, to that thing.

それに is made up of それ and the particle に:

• それ (sore) is a demonstration of the kosoado series.そ れ means that referring to an object far from the speaker and close to the listener.

We find それ in many expressions that take on various nuances in use, including:

• それにしては

• それにしても

• それから

• それで

• それはそうと

それに is one of these expressions that we are going to learn more about in this post.

Meaning of それに

それに - in addition to

This meaning and use that we are going to see of それに can be translated as: furthermore, in addition to that ....

It is synonymous with:

• それに加(くわ)えて from the verb in the dictionary form 加(くわ)える add

• in addition to that

• another term with the same meaning is そして

After stating something, それに is used to add information to what was said at the beginning.

It is a colloquial term, but also used a lot in the commercial field.

Position of それに in a list

• それに in a list can be inserted before the last element.

それに at the beginning of the sentence

それに after the comma

We can find それに as in the previous sentence, at the beginning of a sentence or in the middle of it, after the comma, which in Japanese is called コンマ (from the English comma).

Synonyms for それに

• そして is often found in place of それに, different expressions but with the same meaning. For example, in the sentence about the list we can also use そして

• 〜に加(くわ)えて, in addition to ..., moreover ..., in addition to ...