GrammarJLPT N2
precisely because
Expression

Definitions

  1. 1. precisely because
This grammar expression is an emphatic form of から (because), stressing that something is true precisely because of a particular reason. It highlights that the stated reason is the key or sole factor behind a result.

Grammar

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Example sentences

Sentence 1

The reason this stings so much is precisely because I gave it everything I had!

Sentence 2

Maybe she's not getting angry precisely because she's given up.

Sentence 3

Saying "I want to change" — you can only really mean it precisely because things are hard right now.

Sentence 4

You can only say something that sarcastic precisely because you have the luxury to!

Sentence 5

"It's precisely because of the rain that I can sleep," my mother used to say.