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〜おかげで
okage de · thanks to ~ (good result)
〜おかげで gives the cause of a good result, with gratitude: 先生のおかげで合格できた, I passed thanks to my teacher.
How to form it
| Noun + のおかげで | 先生のおかげで |
| Verb / い-adj (plain) + おかげで | 早く起きたおかげで |
| な-adj + なおかげで | 元気なおかげで |
How it is used
The result is good. For a bad result, use 〜せいで.
Said sarcastically about a bad result, it stings: 「君のおかげで遅刻したよ」, thanks to you I was late.
Examples
Tap a kanji for its reading.
- 先生のおかげで、試験に合格できました。Thanks to my teacher, I passed the exam.
- 薬を飲んだおかげで、熱が下がりました。Thanks to the medicine, my fever went down.
- 天気がよかったおかげで、楽しい旅行になりました。Thanks to the good weather, it was a fun trip.
- 毎日練習したおかげで、上手になりました。Practising every day paid off: I got good at it.
Practice: 7 JLPT questions using 〜おかげで
彼は日本に 10年も住んでいる（ ）、漢字があまり読めない。
Considering he has lived in Japan for ten years, he can't read many kanji.
毎日努力した（ ）、試験にごうかくできた。
Thanks to studying every day, I was able to pass the exam.
天気がいい（ ）、洗たくものがよくかわく。
Thanks to the good weather, the washing dries well.
雨が続いた（ ）、野菜のねだんが上がった。
Because the rain continued, vegetable prices went up.
（ ）に入る言葉を選びなさい。
It's been three months since I moved to the new department. The work is completely different from before, and at first I understood nothing. But thanks to a senior colleague teaching me carefully, I can now handle things on my own.
同僚が 手つだって くれました。何と 言いますか。
A colleague helped you. What do you say? — おかげでたすかりました (Thanks to you, that was a great help).
（ ）に入る言葉を選びなさい。
At my company there is a cleaning day once a month. Usually the cleaners do it, but on that day every employee tidies their own desk. Thanks to that, work has become easier to do.