Dictionary / Vocabulary / と言うのに
というのに
even though; despite; when
たった一センチで酔っ払いますか!健介は酒豪だったと言うのに。
You get drunk on just one centimeter? And Kensuke was such a heavy drinker.
1月と言うのに春先のような暖かさだ。
Though it's now January, it's warm like early spring.