Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi)
that is to say; so that means
Usually written using kana alone
美人薄命とはいうけれど。ということは、内のかみさんは長生きだな。Beautiful women die young - or so the saying goes. If so then my wife is going to live a long life.
Also written と言う事は【ということは】