N2 — outside your level filter
だけに
だけにdake niN2neutral
Same meaning5
precisely because; no wonder
- だけあってas one would expect; no wonder — the reason explains the good resultattaches at
- だけのことはあるno wonder; that explains it — X lives up to what's expectedattaches at
- からこそprecisely because — this reason and no other made it happenattaches at
- も当然だit's only natural that; no wonder — the reason given makes it unsurprisingattaches at
- にほかならないis nothing other than; is precisely — no other explanation fitsattaches at
All examples4
all the more so — the bigger the reason, the bigger the result
地元のチームだけに、負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
今回は準備に時間をかけただけに、結果が出なかったのは悔しい。
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
彼は現場を長く見てきただけに、説明が具体的だ。
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
長年取引のある会社だけに、今回のご判断は残念でなりません。
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 proportion showing on the surface. Unlike だけあって it is free to end
in disappointment.