No. 114 in Japanese
ちなみに
"By the way" or "for your information."
In a sentence
ちなみに、私は昨日映画館へ行きました。
By the way, I went to the movie theater yesterday.
ちなみに functions as an interjection to provide additional information casually.
このレストランは美味しいです。ちなみに、駅から徒歩5分です。
This restaurant is delicious. Incidentally, it's a 5-minute walk from the station.
'ちなみに' introduces supplementary or related information following a statement.
このゲームをやったことがありますか？ちなみに、続編も発売されていますよ。
Have you played this game? As a side note, its sequel is also available.
ちなみに introduces tangential yet relevant information to the conversation.
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