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			 This car has it's  nice  parts,  but it's gas mileage is bad.
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			 Although  he is  nice,  he's selfish.
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			 While  his story is easy  to  understand,  it's rather long.
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		Construction
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							A Verb: Dictionary Form   ことは   B Verb: Dictionary Form 
							
 
						 
							A な-adjective   こと   は   B Same adjective 
							
 
						 
							A い-adjective   こと   は   B Same adjective 
							
 
						 
  
			
			
			
			
			 
		
		
	Basic Examples:
 (Although he's laughing, it's not funny) 
,  (although it's convenient, it's too expensive) 
 (although it's cheap, it's poor quality) 
 
 
		
		
Related Expressions
	くせに のに 
		
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			A Dictionary of Basic Japanese states that the disjunctive conjunction が could also be replaced by けれど or しかし.
			
		
		
		
		 
 
	
		
			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.
			
		
		
		
		 
 
	
		
			the same as 一 応  A でも・しかし・ですが
			
		
		
		
		 
 
 
		
		
		
		
			
	 
 
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                    it might be better to show that A and B are the same words; maybe instead of using A and B, list them both as A?
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    The site is currently unable of showing two boxes with the same character, so I tried to clarify a different way.
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    Thanks for the clear explanation. Intergrated Approach wasn't really clear on how to use it. 
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    Is this grammar common in everyday speech?
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    I don't know if I'd say it's incredibly common, but it is used in conversation - it certainly isn't a rare grammar point!
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    べんりことはべんりがたかすぎる (although it's convenient, it's too expensive)
Should this not be 「べんり[b]な[/b]ことはべんり[b]だ[/b]がたかすぎる」?
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    Should be taken care of! It had just been added, and had not gone through the parsing tool yet.
                    
                    
                
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    some examples from N3
 Sou matome :
ピアノは、弾 けることは弾 けるが, うまくない。I can play piano but not that well.  このパック、高 いことは高 いけれど 、すごく使 いやすいです。you may think this bag is expensive but it's well designed.    
                    
                    
                 
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    The translation of this example sentence:
この車 はいい事 はいいが燃 費 が悪 い。  			 This cat  has it's nice parts, but it's gas mileage is bad. (When I read this English without reading the Japanese first, I thought "that must be really smelly farts for a cat" xD)
                    
                    
                 
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
 
	
	    
		
	    
	    	
	    	
                    It pains me to have to fix such an amusing typo.
                    
                    
                 
				
            
            
               
            
	     
 
 
 
                     
                 
                
                
                
             
            
            
            
            
            
         
     
    
        
         
    
    
         
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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