~わけだ

〜wake da

JLPT N3 Neutral Chapter 66: Drawing a conclusion, and restating it, 2 of 6

Formation

Verb-casual + わけだ, い-Adjective + わけだ, な-Adjective + なわけだ, Noun + のわけだ

Expresses a logical conclusion or reason based on information; 'that's why', 'no wonder', 'it means'.

When to use

"It means/no wonder". (Near-duplicate of n2-163's わけだ - same word, taught at both N2 and N3.)

Explanation

The ~わけだ grammar point is used to express a conclusion, reason, or interpretation based on a certain situation or piece of information. It can be translated as 'that's why', 'no wonder', or 'it means'.

Example sentences

Explanation (The Reason Is)

Corpus examples (7)