されど Also written 然れど Meanings Conjunction be that as it may; even so; though that be so Example sentences たかがコーヒー、されどコーヒーよ。It's just coffee, but it's still coffee. Words containing されど 女は弱しされど母は強し (おんなはよわしされどはははつよし) though the woman is weak, the mother is strong Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists