JLPT N3 grammar · Chapter 9

～おかげで

A good result happened thanks to something

You’ll be able to credit a person, event, or circumstance for a favorable result.

Read it first

おじいちゃんのおかげで、すぐにたき火びをつけることができました。

ojiichan no okage de, sugu ni takibi o tsukeru koto ga dekimashita.

What do you think this sentence means?

Thanks to Grandpa, we were able to light the campfire right away.

Why it means that

Give credit for a good result

～おかげで means “thanks to.” It presents a person, event, or circumstance as the cause of a favorable result.

Examples

薬くすりを飲のんだおかげで、熱ねつが下さがりました。

kusuri o nonda okage de, netsu ga sagarimashita.

Thanks to taking the medicine, my fever went down.

天気てんきがよかったおかげで、富士山ふじさんがきれいに見みえました。

tenki ga yokatta okage de, fujisan ga kirei ni miemashita.

Thanks to the good weather, we could see Mount Fuji clearly.

How it is built

Use noun + のおかげで or a plain clause + おかげで before a good outcome. With people, it often expresses appreciation.

noun+ のおかげで+good result／plain clause+おかげで+good result

Example

早はやく出でたおかげで、電車でんしゃに間まに合あった。

hayaku deta okage de, densha ni maniatta.

Thanks to leaving early, I caught the train.

Examples

駅員えきいんさんが親切しんせつに教おしえてくれたおかげで、迷まよわないで会場かいじょうに着つけた。

ekiin-san ga shinsetsu ni oshiete kureta okage de, mayowanai de kaijou ni tsuketa.

Thanks to the station staff member kindly showing me the way, I got to the venue without getting lost.

新あたらしいエアコンのおかげで、今年ことしの夏なつはよく眠ねむれた。

atarashii eakon no okage de, kotoshi no natsu wa yoku nemureta.

Thanks to the new air conditioner, I slept well this summer.

毎朝まいあさジョギングを続つづけたおかげで、階段かいだんを上のぼっても疲つかれなくなった。

maiasa jogingu o tsuzuketa okage de, kaidan o nobotte mo tsukarenaku natta.

Thanks to keeping up my morning jogging, I no longer get tired climbing stairs.

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