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からこそ

からこそkara kosoN2neutral

savor + precisely because — this reason and no other made it happen

ajiwau kara koso

precisely because — this reason and no other made it happen

meaning: precisely because — this reason and no other made it happen

Same meaning

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜からこそ
  • 味あじわうからこそ

本気ほんきで心配しんぱいしてるからこそ、厳きびしいこと言いってるんだよ。

honki de shinpai shiteru kara koso, kibishii koto itteru n da yo.

I'm being hard on you precisely because I actually care. casual

難むずかしい仕事しごとだからこそ、やってみたいんです。

muzukashii shigoto da kara koso, yatte mitai n desu.

It's exactly because the job is hard that I want to have a go at it. neutral

Same meaning18

because; the reason is

precisely because; no wonder

All examples4

precisely because — this reason, and no other, made the result happen

  1. 本気ほんきで心配しんぱいしてるからこそ、厳きびしいこと言いってるんだよ。

    honki de shinpai shiteru kara koso, kibishii koto itteru n da yo.

    I'm being hard on you precisely because I actually care. casual

  2. 難むずかしい仕事しごとだからこそ、やってみたいんです。

    muzukashii shigoto da kara koso, yatte mitai n desu.

    It's exactly because the job is hard that I want to have a go at it. neutral

  3. 家族かぞくが支ささえてくれたからこそ、ここまで続つづけられた。

    kazoku ga sasaete kureta kara koso, koko made tsuzukerareta.

    It is only because my family backed me that I was able to keep going this far. neutral

  4. 皆様みなさまのご支援しえんがあったからこそ、この事業じぎょうを続つづけてまいりました。

    minasama no go shien ga atta kara koso, kono jigyou o tsuzukete mairimashita.

    It is thanks to your support, and nothing else, that we have carried this work on. formal

How it's formed3

All forms1

  • だからこそdakarakosoalternant

    starts a new sentence, with the whole last sentence as the reason (誰だれも気きづいていない。だからこそ、今いま言いうべきなんだ). Nothing comes before it in its own sentence.

Notes

The sentence often ends in のだ or んです. A call to act can follow too (今いまだからこそ始はじめよう).