jmdict 1007350 Active (id#2188023)
だけあって
  1. [exp,conj]
    《used to express admiration or praise》
    • as one would expect from ...
    • given that ... (naturally ...)
    • because ...
    • being ...
  2. [exp,conj]
    • for good reason
    • there is a (good) reason that ...
History:
    • A 2022-05-28 21:48:16 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-05-28 13:47:57 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Makino and Tsutsui's DAJG has a couple of examples of the second sense. (It's not really a separate sense but I think it's clearer this way.)
    • Refs
      DAJG, 日本語表現文型辞典
    • Diff
      @@ -10,5 +10,11 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1007380">丈に・だけに・1</xref>
-<s_inf>not used in negative contexts</s_inf>
-<gloss>... being the case</gloss>
-<gloss>(precisely) because ...</gloss>
-<gloss>as might be expected from ...</gloss>
+<s_inf>used to express admiration or praise</s_inf>
+<gloss>as one would expect from ...</gloss>
+<gloss>given that ... (naturally ...)</gloss>
+<gloss>because ...</gloss>
+<gloss>being ...</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&conj;</pos>
+<gloss>for good reason</gloss>
+<gloss>there is a (good) reason that ...</gloss>
    • A 2019-07-25 23:18:04 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      See the discussion on 1007380.
    • Diff
      @@ -9,0 +10,3 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1007380">丈に・だけに</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1007380">丈に・だけに</xref>
+<s_inf>not used in negative contexts</s_inf>
    • A 2018-06-16 12:19:23 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      I think it's "conj".
    • Diff
      @@ -8 +8,2 @@
-<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&conj;</pos>
    • A* 2018-06-16 09:44:29 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Is this really a suffix? Shouldn't it be [conj] or [exp]?
    • Diff
      @@ -11 +11 @@
-<gloss>as might be expected (from ...)</gloss>
+<gloss>as might be expected from ...</gloss>
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