Grammar
N3 connective

Thanks to 〜おかげで

Meaning

Credits a good outcome — "thanks to ~", "owing to ~".

Formation

Notes

The mirror image of せいで: おかげで for good results, せいで for bad. おかげさまで is the set phrase used in reply to "how are you?" — おかげさまで元気です. Using おかげで for a bad outcome sounds sarcastic.

Examples

Thanks to my teacher, I passed the exam.

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teacher thanks to exam passed

Thanks to your help, it finished early.

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helped me thanks to finished early

Thank you for asking — my family are all well. (the set phrase)

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thanks to you (set phrase) family are well

Thanks to the fine weather, the view was clear.

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the weather was good thanks to scenery was clearly visible

The fever came down thanks to the medicine.

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medicine thanks to fever went down

⚠️ Often confused with

Because of (blame) 〜せいで

Assigns blame for a bad outcome — "because of ~", "thanks to ~ (sarcastic)".

Because (excuse) 〜ものだから

Offers a reason as an excuse or apology — "it's just that ~", "because ~, you see".

So much that 〜あまり

"So much ~ that ~", "out of excessive ~" — an excess of feeling causes the result.

Merely because 〜ばかりに

"Just because ~", "simply on account of ~" — one small cause led to a bad outcome.