N2 — outside your level filter

write + all the more so

kaku dake ni

all the more so; given how much X — the extent of the reason sets the size of the result

地元じもとのチームだけに、けたときのショックがでかい。

jimoto no chiimu dake ni, maketa toki no shokku ga dekai.

It being the home team, the sting of a loss is that much worse. casual

今回こんかい準備じゅんび時間じかんをかけただけに、結果けっかなかったのはくやしい。

konkai wa junbi ni jikan o kaketa dake ni, kekka ga denakatta no wa kuyashii.

Having put so much time into preparing this time, coming away with nothing stings all the more. neutral

だけに

だけにdake niN2neutral

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