のに

Kana: のに

despite; although

Example sentence

疲れているのに、彼は続けています。

つかれているのに、かれはつづけています。

Although he's tired, he keeps going.

What のに means

のに (のに) is a Japanese word meaning “despite; although”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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