だけあって details
write + as one would expect
kaku dake atte
as one would expect; no wonder — a favourable trait or history explains an equally favourable result
このパン屋、行列ができるだけあって、マジで美味しいよ。
kono pan'ya, gyouretsu ga dekiru dake atte, maji de oishii yo.
This bakery really is delicious — no wonder there's a line out the door. casual
十年この仕事を続けてきただけあって、判断が速い。
juunen kono shigoto o tsuzukete kita dake atte, handan ga hayai.
Having stuck with this work for ten years, it shows — his decisions are quick. neutral
- dictionary form
- i-adjective
- na-adjective
- noun
Examples
as one would expect of X — a favourable trait or history explains an equally favourable result
このパン屋、行列ができるだけあって、マジで美味しいよ。
kono pan'ya, gyouretsu ga dekiru dake atte, maji de oishii yo.
This bakery really is delicious — no wonder there's a line out the door. casual
十年この仕事を続けてきただけあって、判断が速い。
juunen kono shigoto o tsuzukete kita dake atte, handan ga hayai.
Having stuck with this work for ten years, it shows — his decisions are quick. neutral
田中部長は長年現場を経験されてきただけあって、そのご指導には説得力がございます。
tanaka buchou wa naganen genba o keiken sarete kita dake atte, sono go shidou ni wa settokuryoku ga gozaimasu.
Manager Tanaka has spent so many years on the ground, and it shows — his guidance carries real authority. formal
Formation
{V}だけあってattaches to dictionary formplain clause + だけあってattaches to plain clause{I}だけあってattaches to i-adjective{NA-stem}なだけあってattaches to na-adjective{N}だけあってattaches to noun
Related patterns
Similar
だけあって sits inside a sentence as a subordinate clause that still needs its own main predicate (プロだけあって仕事が速い); だけのことはある promotes the same admiring verdict to the sentence's OWN predicate — わざわざ来ただけのことはある needs nothing further, the judgment IS the sentence.
だけあって passes a verdict, always favourable, that the result MATCHES what X promised (さすがプロだけあって速い); だけに commits to no valence and takes an unwelcome result freely — 期待していただけにがっかりした is ordinary, while ×期待していただけあってがっかりした is not.
Lookalikes
The same だけ, but あって turns a limiting quantity into a reasoned verdict — 好きなだけ働く caps an amount ("work as much as you like"), while 経験があるだけあって仕事が速い reasons FROM the experience to explain the result — hearing "only" in だけあって misses the point.