A。それでも B。(~sore demo): meaning and how to use it (JLPT N2 grammar)

At a glance

それでも means "even so" or "nevertheless". It starts sentence B and shows that B is true even though A would lead you to expect the opposite.

A。それでも（、）B。

雨あめが降ふっています。それでも、出でかけます。 It's raining. Even so, I'll go out.

それでも is a connector. It does not conjugate. The verbs around it set the politeness.

Where it goes	Example	Register
Start of sentence B, after 。	疲つかれていた。それでも、走はしった。	Neutral, spoken and written
After a clause ending in けど or が	雨あめだけど、それでも行いく。	Neutral, spoken and written
Alone, as a reply	「危あぶないよ。」「それでも行いく。」	Mostly spoken