precisely because

ばこそ emphasizes the one true reason for something, ruling out others. Use the ば conditional plus こそ, often ending in からだ. It stresses that it is exactly because of this reason, and no other, that the result holds.

Examples

• 君きみのことを思おもえばこそ、厳きびしく言いうのだ。

  Kimi no koto o omoeba koso, kibishiku iu no da.

  It is precisely because I care about you that I speak strictly.

• 努力どりょくすればこそ、夢ゆめは叶かなうものだ。

  Doryoku sureba koso, yume wa kanau mono da.

  It is only because one makes an effort that dreams come true.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 君 you (casual)
• 思う to think, to feel
• 厳しい strict, severe
• 言う to say
• 努力 effort
• する to do

Related patterns · Condition and dependency

• 〜いかんで depending on
• 〜いかんにかかわらず regardless of
• 〜なくして without; if there were no
• 〜あっての made possible only by; thanks to
• 〜とあれば if it is the case that; if (for the sake of)