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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:
6. A 2022-05-28 21:48:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-05-28 13:47:57  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
DAJG, 日本語表現文型辞典
  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.)
  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>
4. A 2019-07-25 23:18:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  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>
3. A 2018-06-16 12:19:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think it's "conj".
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8,2 @@
-<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&conj;</pos>
2. A* 2018-06-16 09:44:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  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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