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あっての [あっての] (atteno)
    Meaning: Thanks to (various things), (outcome)
    Example: My success is thanks to your support
    JLPT Level: 1
    Category: grammar
    Author: Amatuka

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ex #802	あなたの援助あっての私の成功。 My success is thanks to your support.	(Amatuka)
ex #3643	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.	(Miki)
ex #3645	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.	(dbx)
ex #3646	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.	(dbx)
ex #3647	命あっての物種。 While there is life, there is hope.	(dbx)
ex #5777	日々の練習あっての勝利だ。 Victory is not possible without everyday practice. .	(rad)
ex #7791	デパートはお客様あっての商売、お客様は何より大切です。 Customers are more important than anything because the department store's business depends on them.	(inakaluke)

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okagede (あっての similar to おかげで)
arebakoso

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Comments:
your name	Noted on a site as &#039;JLPT 2&#039; level.
まさか	ケータイで読めるだ！
halx	I can&#039;t find this in my copies of JPLT2 grammar...
bamboo4	English version of the example is kinda awkward.
dc	Its JLPT1
blabby	A good translation of AあってのB might be "B exists because of A" or more naturally, "B wouldn&#039;t be anything without A"?
bamboo4	AあってのB means "there ain&#039;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."
rogen	What if you said, 平和あっての経済の発展 Does that still make sense?
Miki	I think so.
mochabean	#3645 is seems to be different in meaning and form from the nounあってのnoun construction described here; rather it seems to simply be a form of ある.
chohongsieudieu	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"

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