だけあってIs only natural, …Being the case, Because, As might be expected

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  Pushindawood

  …being the case
  because
  as might be expected

  Structure

  • Verb + だけあって / だけのことはあって
  • Noun + だけあって / だけのことはあって
  • いAdj + だけあって / だけのことはあって
  • なAdj + な + だけあって / だけのことはあって

  Do not use with negative reasons/results!

  [AだけあってB: B, as might be expected from A.
  B is a natural consequence of A・B is a noteworthy and positive (or neutral) result of A.
  Often used with さすがに、やはり for emphasis. A/B cannot be negative.]

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  Aythreuk
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  s1212z

  I think this is just a noun used as a ‘na’ adjective which is roughly translated as ‘chummy’ or ‘friendly’.

  Here is another example that make a noun a na adjective with the same grammar point:

  ダンス経験者なだけあって動きが他と違う。

  @Pushindawood, a good source to add to readings if you have room for another:

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  Aythreuk

  So what you’re telling me is, any noun can be a na adjective as long as I believe with my heart?

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  s1212z

  lol!

  There is a difference between 形容動詞 (adjectival nouns) and nouns. I can’t think of a ‘na adjective’ that can’t be considered a noun (since they are already fundamentally a noun ). But the reverse of any noun into an adjective?..I don’t think this makes sense entirely (or even want it), just like every verb doesn’t require a tran/intrans variation. So I think it’s just an experience of what works or not.

  Slightly off topic but II like this fun Tofugu article talking about the adjective-noun spectrum and some creative ways to modify nouns into adjectives.

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  djcostcosamples

  I’m necroposting here, but I came across a similar sort of conundrum a long time ago with Nounな+わけ and was thoroughly confused at the time.

  It’s not really that every noun can act like a な-adjective, but rather that 形式名詞 , AKA dummy/formal nouns (ones without substantive meaning in larger contexts, think もの、はず、くせ、ため, etc.) have a greater tendency to accept modification/attribution from nouns with な. In this sense, な is no different from using the である form of the copula instead.

  However, this doesn’t really apply to the question at hand…

  In the case of だけ, it’s slightly different. だけ in this context is not actually a noun, but rather a particle, so it doesn’t take modification in the same sense as the dummy nouns described above. Think about it the same way as constructions such as「それなので、…」or「今日は休みなのよ｣.

  These kinds of particles (e.g. の、ばかり、ほど、だけ) can be viewed as sort of noun-like in function (I think ...