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IntermediateJLPT N5 Grammar

わけではない

Not (Negative)

Romaji: wakedehanai

Meaning & usage

It does not mean that ~; I don't mean that ~; it is not that ~; it is not true that ~; it is not the case that | A phrase which is used to deny what is implied in the previous or following statement.

Example sentences 12

  1. A：この病人は全く助からないんですか。B：いや、そういうわけではありません。

    A: Can this patient not be saved at all? B: No, it is not that he can't be saved.

  2. あの人が嫌いだというわけではないんですが、結婚したいとは思いません。

    I don't mean that I don't like him, but I do not want to marry him.

  3. いくら日本語が出来ないと言っても全然話せないわけではない。

    Although I say that I cannot speak Japanese, it doesn't mean that I cannot speak it at all.

  4. このプロジェクトは 資金不足しきんぶそくのため中止されることになった。しかし、今までしてきたことが全く無駄になるわけではない。

    It's been decided that this project is going to be stopped because of a lack of funds. However, it doesn't mean that what we have done up to now is going to be a total waste.

  5. この二、三年本を書いていないが、スランプというわけではない。

    I haven't written a book for the last few years, but it doesn't mean that I am in a slump.

  6. この問題を解決するのは非常に難しい。しかし、不可能（だ）というわけではない。

    It is very difficult to solve this problem. But that does not mean that it is impossible (to solve).

  7. 全然見込みがないわけではないが、あまり期待はしない方がいいでしょう。

    I don't mean that there is no hope, but you'd better not expect too much.

  8. 君の考えに反対するわけではないが、そのやり方でうまくいくだろうか。

    I don't mean to oppose your idea, but I wonder if things will go well using that approach.

  9. 君の言うことが分からないわけではないが、やっぱりこの計画は止めた方がいいと思う。

    I don't mean that I don't understand what you are saying, but I think you'd better give up this plan after all.

  10. 私は最近あまり沢山食べないが、食欲がないわけではない。

    I do not eat much these days, but it doesn't mean that I have no appetite.

  11. 結果さえよければいいというわけではない。

    Obtaining a good result is not enough. (literally: It is not that it is all right if just the result is good.)

  12. 言われたことだけしていたらそれでいいというわけではない。

    Doing only what you are told to do is just not enough.

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