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IntermediateJLPT N2 Grammar

わけだ

That's why; no wonder; it means that

Romaji: wakeda

Meaning & usage

As you know; the fact is that ~; the truth of the matter is that ~ | A phrase which presents a fact or truth known to the hearer as an introduction to a following statement, or which gives emphasis to a fact or truth which the hearer might not know.

Notes

【発展】はってん ★★★★ 2 〔より高度になること〕 advancement. 〜する advance; turn into; become.

【誰も】だれも everyone,anyone

Example sentences 9

  1. 今でこそ地球が丸いことは子共でも知っているが、コロンブス以前は誰もが地球は平らだと思っていたわけだ。

    Today, even children know that the earth is round, but the truth of the matter is that before Columbus everybody thought that it was flat.

  2. 何事をするにも基本がしっかり出来ているかどうかが進歩の鍵となるわけで、外国語学習についても同じことが言えるわけです。

    As you know, whatever you do, whether or not you have built a firm foundation for that is a key to your progress, and in fact, you can say the same thing about foreign language study.

  3. 我々は今コンピュータを取り上げられるとたちどころに困ってしまうけれども、今から十年 程ほど前はコンピュータなしでやっていたわけです。

    We would be in trouble immediately if computers were taken away from us now, but the fact is that we were getting by without them about a decade ago.

  4. 我々は多くの技術を日常生活に取り入れてきたわけだが、それらがすべて我々に幸福を齎したかどうかは疑問である。

    We have incorporated a lot of technology into our everyday life, as you know, but whether or not all of it has brought us happiness is questionable.

  5. 戦争は大きな犠牲を伴うわけで、我々は何としてもこれを避けなければならない。

    War is accompanied by great sacrifice, as you know, and we have to avoid it at any cost.

  6. 残念ながら今回の交渉こうしょうはこういう結果になってしまったわけですが、これからも交渉こうしょうは続けていくつもりです。

    Unfortunately, while the truth of the matter is that this time the negotiation ended with this kind of result, we are planning to keep negotiating from now on, too.

  7. 福田先生の死で私達はリーダーを失ってしまったわけですが、今後は私達自身でこの会を発展させていかなければなりません。

    As you know, we lost our leader with Professor Fukuda's death. From now on we have to advance this group by ourselves.

  8. 私は動物のコミュ二ケーションを研究しているわけですが、この研究から色々面白いことが分かります。

    I've been doing research on animal communication, as you know, and various interesting facts have become known from this research.

  9. 赤ん坊は自分ではものを言わないが、話しかけられている時に言葉を学習しているわけだ。

    Babies, themselves, do not talk, but the truth of the matter is that they are learning language when they are spoken to.

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