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〜のに

even though, and yet (frustration)

Plain form + のに · Noun / な-adj + なのに

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のに means "even though" or "and yet", with feeling: 薬を飲んだのに、熱が下がらない, "I took the medicine, and my fever still won't go down".

It's the shape of ので, but the result goes against what you'd expect, and the speaker is usually surprised, disappointed or annoyed. けど is a neutral "but"; のに complains.

Nouns and な-adjectives take な: 日曜日なのに, "even though it's Sunday".

Said at the end of a sentence, it's pure regret: 言ってくれればよかったのに, "you could have told me". And don't mix it up with のに meaning "for (doing)", which comes a few points on.

Examples

  • 薬くすりを飲のんだのに、まだ熱ねつが下さがりません。

    I took the medicine, but my fever still hasn't gone down.

  • 約束やくそくしたのに、彼かれは来こなかった。

    He promised, and yet he didn't come.

  • 日曜日にちようびなのに、仕事しごとに行いかなければならない。

    It's Sunday, and I still have to go to work.

  • 一生懸命勉強いっしょうけんめいべんきょうしたのに、試験しけんに落おちた。

    I studied so hard, and I still failed the exam.

  • 高たかかったのに、全然ぜんぜんおいしくなかった。

    It was expensive, and it wasn't even good.

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