そうじゃなくて

no, not like that (but like this)

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Example sentences

そ、そうじゃなくて、・・・　素（す）の自分（じぶん）、本当（ほんとう）の私（わたし）を必要（ひつよう）としてくれる人（ひと）がいるなんて、考（かんが）えたこともありませんでしたから。

N-no it's not that ... it's that there could be someone who would need me for what I am, for my true self, I hadn't even thought of that possibility.