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ね

right?, isn't it? (sentence-final particle seeking agreement or confirmation)

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Examples

  1. いい天気ですね。

    いいてんきですね。

    Nice weather, isn't it.

  2. この店のケーキはおいしいですね。

    このみせのケーキはおいしいですね。

    The cake at this shop is good, isn't it.

  3. 明日は九時に駅で待ち合わせですね。忘れないでください。

    あしたはくじにえきでまちあわせですね。わすれないでください。

    We're meeting at the station at nine tomorrow, right? Please don't forget.

Common patterns

そうですね
that's right / well, let me see
いいですね
that sounds good, doesn't it
～ですよね
..., isn't that so? (checking)

Memory tip

ね invites the listener to agree about something you assume you both know; よ does the opposite, telling them something new. Dropped at the end of a statement of fact the listener cannot know, ね sounds odd.

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