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Grammar detail: からといって

からといって  just because; even though
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phrase X
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からといって
+
phrase Y
means
Just because X, then phrase Y
It would typically be used in a situation where phrase Y describes something that might be unexpected given the context of X. For example:
かのじょ
彼女
しばらく
ちりょう
治療
けた
からといって
こんご
今後
ぼうりょく
暴力
ふらないわけではない
Just because she's had treatment, it doesn't mean that she won't become violent again in the future.
あつ
からといっ
つめ
たい
ものばかり
べている
からだ
わる
です
Drinking only cold things just because it's hot is bad for you, you know.
かれ
はんざい
犯罪
おか
した
からといって
ひと
ような
せいかく
性格
ではないこと
かくしん
確信
します

Even though he has committed a crime, I am positive he is not the type of person who would stab someone.
だからといって means the same thing, but would be used to begin a sentence, where the prior sentence has provided the context. In other words:
sentence X
.
だからといって
+
phrase Y
The いって comes from 言う, so it can be written 言って, but it is more commonly written in kana.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ジ   チ   おさめる to govern   おさまる to be at peace   なお to get better   なお to cure   
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リョウ    cure, heal, treat   
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ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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コン   キン   いま now   
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ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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ボウ   バク   violent   あばれる to get violent   あば to expose, disclose   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ショ   あつ hot (weather)   
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レイ   つめたい cold   さめる to (become) cool   さます to (make) cool   ひ cold (sake, water)   ひえる to get chilly   ひやす to chill   ひやかす to banter   
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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ハン   crime   おか to commit a crime   
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ザイ   つみ sin   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ   さ to stab   ささる to prick   
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セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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カク   コウ    status, rank   
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カク   たし certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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シン    trust, faith   
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