hannichikage wa warui to iu wake de mo nai.

topic particle

Breakdown of hannichikage wa warui to iu wake de mo nai.

• 悪わるい: bad
• と いう わけ で も ない: it's not like ...
• 半日陰はんにちかげ: partial shade

Questions & Answers about hannichikage wa warui to iu wake de mo nai.

What does というわけでもない mean here?

As a set phrase, X というわけでもない means something like:

• it is not that X
• it is not exactly the case that X
• it is not necessarily true that X

So here, the speaker is not bluntly saying partial shade is good. They are more carefully saying that the idea partial shade is bad is not really correct, or not fully correct.

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Is と いう here literally the verb to say?

Not in a literal, everyday someone said it sense.

Here, と marks the content of a statement or judgment, and いう helps package that content as an idea. So 悪いというわけでもない is like saying:

• the conclusion that it is bad is not really the case
• it is not that one would say it is bad

A natural English way to understand it is just it is not that it is bad.

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What does わけ mean in this sentence?