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JLPT N2 Grammar: わけです (wake desu)

わけです (wake desu)

Meaning: That’s why; which mean; Of course; that is; finally; it is …

How to use the: Sentence + わけです

Explain:
Used in the case of expressing the will to say such a thing is natural for a reason.
Use the case when you want to say that of course there will be results like that by following the order, direction, truth, situation.

Example sentences:
1, イギリスとは時差が8時間あるから、日本が11時ならイギリスは3時なわけです。
Igirisu to wa jisa ga 8-jikan arukara, Nihon ga 11-jinara Igirisu wa 3-jina wakedesu.
Because Japan has 8 hours difference with the UK, if in Japan it is 11h then in the UK is 3h

2, 彼女は日本で3年間働いていたので、日本の事情にかなり詳しいわけである。
Kanojo wa Nihon de 3-nenkan hataraite itanode, Nihon no jijō ni kanari kuwashī wakedearu.
She has been working in Japan for three years, so she is quite familiar with the situation in Japan.

Attention:
Before or after わけだ, there is usually a term to indicate the reason, cause or sequence