jmdict 2700470 Active (id#1091169)
からこそ
  1. [exp]
    • precisely because
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2825957 ばこそ 1. only because ...
History:
    • A 2012-03-30 23:24:59 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      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.
    • A* 2012-03-30 21:25:07 Rick Papo
    • Comments
      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."
    • Refs
      Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar, by Stefan Kaiser et al.
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