わけ②

About

訳わけ is a noun that means ("meaning; situation; circumstance"), and is one of the Japanese language's main "explainers".

わけ can attach to verbs/い-adjectives directly, or by using という.

わけ can attach to nouns/な-adjectives using な, という, or である.

わけ has four main usages: ① Explanation ("that's why"), ② Reasoning/understanding, ③ Rephrasing/summarizing, ④ Emphasis of facts/reality. This entry concerns usages ③ and ④.

For usage ③, わけ is used to rephrase, summarize, or provide the main point of a given statement.

E.g. マイクが来こないということは、今日きょうはピザが食たべれないわけだ。 "Mike not coming means that we won't be able to eat pizza today."

For usage ④, わけ is used to provide explanatory emphasis.

E.g. 久ひさしぶりに地元じもとに帰かえってきたわけだが、前まえと何なにも変かわっていなかった。 "I went back to my hometown for the first time in a while, but nothing had changed."

Summary

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  わけ is one of the Japanese language's main "explainers"

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  わけ can attach to verbs/い-adjectives directly, or by using という

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  わけ can attach to nouns/な-adjectives using な, という, or である

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  わけ has four main usages: ① Explanation ("that's why"), ② Reasoning/understanding, ③ Rephrasing/summarizing, ④ Emphasis of facts/reality

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  For usage ③, わけ is used to rephrase, summarize, or provide the main point of a given statement

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  For usage ④, わけ is used to provide explanatory emphasis