わけだ / というわけだ
~わけだ (that’s why ~; no wonder ~)
- Xわけだ is used when the speaker find outs the reason for situation that the speaker had been wondering
- Often confused with other conjunctions like だから, それで, and どうりで.
- Essentially, it is used to describe a natural result of an action/event.
Conjugation
| Verb (casual) \n Noun + である \n い-adjectiveな-adjective + な | わけだ \n わけです |
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Examples
暑いわけだ。気温が36度もある。
No wonder it feels so hot, it’s 36 degrees Celsius.
彼は日本に10年住んでいるから、日本語が上手なわけだ。
He’s been living in Japan for 10 years so no wonder he is great at Japanese.
~というわけだ (so you mean ~)
- This expression is an extension of わけだ and is used to summarize or rephrase something that was previously stated by the listener or the speaker
Conjugation
| Phrase | というわけだというわけです |
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Examples
それが私たちの目的というわけです。
That is our goal.
あの男と結婚するというわけだね。
In other words, you plan to marry that man?
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