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だけに

usually kana

Meanings

  1. 1.
    exp, conjas one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; being ...
  2. 2.
    exp, conjprecisely because ...; all the more because of ...
  3. 3.
    exp, conjon account of ...; ... being what it is
  4. 4.
    exponly to; only for; only in

Example sentences

敵対勢力間の和平交渉再開だけに、関係は危うい。

Relations are tenuous as peace talks resume between warring factions.

彼女は私だけにつらく当たる。

She is only hard on me.

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だけにだけに

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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