では

では · deha · JLPT N5 · conjunction

well

で (that being so) + は (topic marker, said wa) = well then

では is the particle で plus topic marker は, so it is pronounced dewa, not deha. It literally means as for that being the case, which is why it opens a next step: well then, so. Casual speech shrinks it to じゃ (ja).

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