〜わけではない
Formation
N3LimitationNeutral
Variations
わけじゃない
というわけではない
というわけじゃない
Meaning
Used to express partial negation. It does not completely deny the fact, but means "it's not necessarily the case that ~" or "it doesn't mean that ~ all the time".
Examples
毎日行くわけではないが、時々図書館に行く。
It's not that I go every day, but I go to the library sometimes.
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