<entry id="1984867" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<ent_seq>2836327</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>今だから言える</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いまだからいえる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>I can say now (what I couldn't before)</gloss>
<gloss>now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you</gloss>
<gloss>I couldn't tell you until now</gloss>
<gloss>I couldn't have told you this back then</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-07-24 15:59:11" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>km
今だから言える	1064
https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/20636/</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-07-24 23:14:13" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"to tell you the truth" would be fine for 今だから言えるけど but this expression is a full sentence. It can stand on its or be followed by a noun (like こと, 話, etc.)</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;I can say now (what I couldn't before)&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -13,2 +14,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;I couldn't have told you this back then (but)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to tell you the truth&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;I couldn't tell you until now&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;I couldn't have told you this back then&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-07-25 05:12:49" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-07-25 10:59:36" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>That was supposed to be "stand on its own".</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>