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〜わけだ

JLPT N3 Nominalizers and explanation

that's why; no wonder; it follows that

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わけだ presents a conclusion that follows logically from the situation, often as a realization. Attach it to a plain-form verb/adjective, a noun with の/という, or a na-adjective with な. It says given all that, naturally this is the case.

Examples

  • San nen mo sunde ita no ka. Nihongo ga jouzu na wake da.

    You lived there three years? No wonder your Japanese is good.

  • から

    Kyou wa shukujitsu da kara, ginkou ga yasumi na wake da.

    It's a holiday today, so that's why the bank is closed.

Vocabulary in these examples

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