N3 — outside your level filter

by contrast; in response to that — takes the previous sentence as what this one answers to

去年きょねん応募者おうぼしゃ百人ひゃくにんほどだった。それにたいして、今年ことし三百人さんびゃくにんえた。

kyonen no oubosha wa hyakunin hodo datta. sore ni taishite, kotoshi wa sanbyakunin o koeta.

Last year's applicants numbered about a hundred. This year, by contrast, the figure passed three hundred. neutral

野党やとうくわしい説明せつめいもとめた。それにたいし、大臣だいじん問題もんだいはないとべた。

yatou wa kuwashii setsumei o motometa. sore ni taishi, daijin wa mondai wa nai to nobeta.

The opposition demanded a detailed explanation. In response, the minister said that there was no problem. neutral

Variants

  • それに対しsorenitaishiformal

    drops the て for written register — reports, papers and notices; in speech the full それに対して is the natural one.

それに対して

それにたいしてsore ni taishiteN3formal

Formation

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