夏目友人帳 - Natsume’s Book of Friends: Chapter 1 Discussion

[Radish8]

@Leilaure

Is it それより one word as in “apart from just what just happened, is there a shinto shrine nearby?” or それ and より as two different words, in which case I’m guessing it would be more along the line of “where’s the closest shrine in the neighborhood?”…

Full sentence: それより近くに神社ってないか？

I’m just gonna cross-post my reply in case it’s helpful to anyone here.

@Radish8

I read it as one ‘word’, meaning something along the lines of “anyway, more importantly…”. I think it’s a recognised conjunction rather than something you infer directly from それ and より independently.

@zuzu

Anyone can chip in on the subject of ような気が。。。?

Sorry, what’s the question again