<entry eid="1091169" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2700470</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>からこそ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>precisely because</gloss>
</sense>
<history>
<audit time="2012-03-30 21:25:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Rick Papo</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>To quote the book: "82.2.3 Conjunctional clause -kara koso
Here, koso is used to emphasize a reason 'precisely because'.
Example: 古いからこそ新しい。 They (antiques, for example) are novel precisely because they are old."</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar, by Stefan Kaiser et al.</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-03-30 23:24:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Yes, it's から+こそ. Happy to accept it - we have だからこそ, ようこそ, さてこそ, それこそ, etc.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</history>
</entry>
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