N2 grammar · Lesson 10

Stressing reasons: 「からこそ」「てこそ」「ばこそ」

期待きたいしているからこそ、厳きびしく言いうんだよ。

「からこそ」: precisely because; 「てこそ」: it only counts once you do it; understanding the written 「ばこそ」. Compare N3 「こそ」 「さえ〜ば」 「でさえ」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「〜からこそ」: precisely because …
  2. 02「〜てこそ」: only by …
  3. 03「〜ばこそ」: a written “precisely because”
  4. 04Compared with N3 「こそ」 and 「さえ」
  5. 05Dialogue and short text: a strict section manager, an inconvenient village

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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