あっての (atteno) - Thanks to (various things), (outcome)
--- Examples ---
あなたの援助あっての私の成功。
My success is thanks to your support.
今日の私があるのも、２０数年前に私を産んでくれた両親あっての事です。
What I am today is thanks to my parents who gave me a life twenty some
years ago.
なんの気なしに言っただけで、別に悪気があってのことではありません。
I just said so without thinking much about it. I didn't mean anything
serious.
事故で車は全損って嘆いているけどさ、怪我がなくてなにより、命あっての物種だよ。
I know you're complaining about your car being totaled but it's just a good
thing you weren't injured. You should be thankful to be alive.
命あっての物種。
While there is life, there is hope.
日々の練習あっての勝利だ。
Victory is not possible without everyday practice. .
--- Comments ---
Noted on a site as 'JLPT 2' level. (contributor: your name)
ケータイで読めるだ！ (contributor: まさか)
I can't find this in my copies of JPLT2 grammar... (contributor: halx)
English version of the example is kinda awkward. (contributor: bamboo4)
Its JLPT1 (contributor: dc)
A good translation of AあってのB might be 'B exists because of A' or
more naturally, 'B wouldn't be anything without A'? (contributor: blabby)
AあってのB means 'there ain't no B except for A.'
平和があっての経済の発展 would therefore mean 'There would be
no economic prosperity without peace.' (contributor: bamboo4)
What if you said,
平和あっての経済の発展
Does that still make sense? (contributor: rogen)
I think so. (contributor: Miki)
#3645 is seems to be different in meaning and form from the あっての
construction described here; rather it seems to simply be a form of ある.
(contributor: mochabean)
I read from 'Japanese Grammar level 1' Japanese book and it wrote:'Because
of existence of A so the existence of B is necessary, certainly. If A does
not exist, B becomes unnecessary, too'.
Example:'学生あっての教師だ' (contributor: chohongsieudieu)
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