Although A is true, C
A and B are the same adjective
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この車はいいことはいいが燃費が悪い。
This car has it's nice parts, but it's gas mileage is bad.
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彼は優しいことは優しいが我が儘だ。
Although he is nice, he's selfish.
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彼の話は分かりやすいことは分かりやすいが、話がかなり長いんだ。
While his story is easy to understand, it's rather long.
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Basic Examples:
わらうことはわらうがおかしくない (Although he's laughing, it's not funny)
べんりなことはべんりだが,たかすぎる (although it's convenient, it's too expensive)
やすいことはやすいがたちがわるい (although it's cheap, it's poor quality)
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まことまじま
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Level: 417
(2 years ago)
The same phrase is repeated before and after ことは to indicate that the speaker acknowledges the fact but does not consider it particularly important.


柚姫ちゃん
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Level: 863
(5 years ago)
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese states that the disjunctive conjunction が could also be replaced by けれど or しかし.

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