原因・理由N1

〜ばこそ

precisely because... / it is because... that...

Structure

V-ば形 + こそ

Explanation

V-ba + こそ: it is precisely because... that the result holds; more literary than からこそ.

Examples

努力すればこそ、成功が得られる。

It is precisely through effort that success is achieved.

彼を信じればこそ、任せたのだ。

It was precisely because I trusted him that I left it to him.

Note

Synonymous with からこそ, but more literary and emphatic.

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