N2 — outside your level filter

だけに

だけにdake niN2neutral

savor + all the more so

ajiwau dake ni

all the more so; given how much X — bigger reason, bigger result

meaning: all the more so

Same meaningRelated

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜だけに
  • 味あじわうだけに

地元じもとのチームだけに、負まけたときのショックがでかい。

jimoto no chiimu dake ni, maketa toki no shokku ga dekai.

It being the home team, the sting of a loss is that much worse. casual

今回こんかいは準備じゅんびに時間じかんをかけただけに、結果けっかが出でなかったのは悔くやしい。

konkai wa junbi ni jikan o kaketa dake ni, kekka ga denakatta no wa kuyashii.

Having put so much time into preparing this time, coming away with nothing stings all the more. neutral

Same meaning5

All examples4

all the more so — the bigger the reason, the bigger the result

  1. 地元じもとのチームだけに、負まけたときのショックがでかい。

    jimoto no chiimu dake ni, maketa toki no shokku ga dekai.

    It being the home team, the sting of a loss is that much worse. casual

  2. 今回こんかいは準備じゅんびに時間じかんをかけただけに、結果けっかが出でなかったのは悔くやしい。

    konkai wa junbi ni jikan o kaketa dake ni, kekka ga denakatta no wa kuyashii.

    Having put so much time into preparing this time, coming away with nothing stings all the more. neutral

  3. 彼かれは現場げんばを長ながく見みてきただけに、説明せつめいが具体的ぐたいてきだ。

    kare wa genba o nagaku mite kita dake ni, setsumei ga gutaiteki da.

    Precisely because he has spent years on the floor, his explanations are concrete. neutral

  4. 長年ながねん取引とりひきのある会社かいしゃだけに、今回こんかいのご判断はんだんは残念ざんねんでなりません。

    naganen torihiki no aru kaisha dake ni, konkai no go handan wa zannen de narimasen.

    Coming from a company we have dealt with for so many years, this decision is all the more disappointing. formal

How it's formed3

Notes

The ending often carries よけいに/なおさら/一層いっそう, which is
the proportion showing on the surface. Unlike だけあって it is free to end
in disappointment.