ちなみに

English translation: By the way, for your information

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Japanese term or phrase:ちなみに
English translation:By the way, for your information
Entered by: Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)

05:40 Apr 12, 2002
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Japanese term or phrase: ちなみに
colloquial
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 19:44
by the way
Explanation:
"by the way", FYI - "for your information"
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chrisli
United States
Local time: 02:44
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5 +4by the way
chrisli
4in connection with
Roddy Stegemann


  

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by the way


Explanation:
"by the way", FYI - "for your information"

chrisli
United States
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 28
Grading comment
Great. It is helpful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LEXICON KK
32 mins

agree  Mike Sickler
1 hr

agree  John Senior (X)
1 hr

agree  J_R_Tuladhar
9 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in connection with


Explanation:
The phrase can also be used more formally to replace such expressions as:

その点について or
ついでながら

For your information another expression for "by the way" might be "incidentally" or "in passing"


Roddy Stegemann
United States
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 153
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