Although A (was planned/expected), B (unexpected)
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私は来年留学します。ところがパスポートをまだ準備していません。
I'm going to study abroad next year. However, I haven't prepared my passport yet.
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私はお菓子が大好きです。ところが医者から制限されてしまいました。
I love sweets. That being said, my doctor restricted me from them.
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デミフィ
Level: 346
(3 months ago)
Because ところが highlights a result that is unexpected, it can only be used for things that are beyond the control of the speaker. However, if the speaker is trying to do something, but assumes that their attempt may result in failure, ところが can be used to show that they were unexpectedly successful.
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Stupie
Level: 86
(9 months ago)
ဒါပေမဲ့
- အရှေ့မှာ တွေးထားပြီး တစ်ကယ် ဖြစ်မလာတာမျိုး
ဂျပန်ကို သွားဖို့ တွေးထားတယ် ところが မသွားဖြစ်ဘူး
နေမကောင်းဘူး しかし ကျောင်းသွားတယ်
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