というわけだ (to iu wake da)

Meaning

  1. this is why
  2. this means

All JLPT 1 grammar : という訳だ(というわけだ, to iu wake da), this is why; this means; it is the case that, Expression

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
新婚なのに子供?そう・・・息子は父親の連れ子。彼はバツイチというわけだ。Newly weds but with a child? Yes, that’s right – the son is from the father’s former marriage. He’s been divorced once.
全く嘘と言う訳ではない。That is not altogether false.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
父親chichioyafather
ikibreath
連れtsurecompanion, company
karehe, him
息子musukoson
子供kodomochild, children
wakereason, cause, meaning
usolie, falsehood
言うiuto say, to utter

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ちちfather
シ,ス,ツこ, -こ, ねchild, sign of the rat
シンあたら.しい, あら.た, あら-new
シンおや, おや-, した.しいparent, intimacy
かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
コンmarriage
キョウ,ク,クウ,グそな.える, とも, -どもsubmit, offer
レンつら.なる, つら.ねる, つ.れるtake along, join
ソクいきbreath, respiration
ゲン,ゴンい.う, ことsay, word
ゼンまった.く, すべ.てwhole, entire, all

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