TAKOBOTO

Thanks to (various things), (outcome)
My success is thanks to your support
意味 A があるからこそB がある。A がなければB もない。

What I am today is thanks to my parents who gave me a life twenty some years ago.

My success is thanks to your support.

I just said so without thinking much about it. I didn't mean anything serious.

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.

While there is life, there is hope.

Victory is not possible without everyday practice. .

Customers are more important than anything because the department store's business depends on them.

Noted on a site as 'JLPT 2' level.

your name

ケータイで読めるだ！

まさか

English version of the example is kinda awkward.

bamboo4

I can't find this in my copies of JPLT2 grammar...

halx

Its JLPT1

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"?

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."

bamboo4

What if you said, 平和あっての経済の発展 Does that still make sense?

rogen

I think so.

Miki

#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.

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"

chohongsieudieu