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〜のである

the fact is that; it is that (written, explanatory or conclusive emphasis)

Formation: Plain form + のである (な-adjective / noun present: 〜なのである; past: 〜だったのである)

The written, formal counterpart of 〜のだ and 〜んです. It presents a statement as an explanation, a conclusion or the significance of what came before, and it often closes a paragraph or an argument. It is typical of essays, editorials and 評論. It adds emphasis rather than new information, and heavy use can sound assertive.

Variants: 〜のだ、〜のです

Examples

In real texts 2 occurrence(s)

じぶんへの戒めとして、書いておく(笑) · 2026年11月7日

これは世間に対して言ってることではない、じぶんのなかにそういう成分がたぷたぷにあるのだ。

This isn't something I'm saying to the world at large; that ingredient is sloshing around in abundance inside me.

This is のだ, the plain form of のである, attached to the verb ある. After denying one reading (世間に対して言ってることではない), the writer uses it to state the real explanation: "the truth is, it's inside me." Plain ある would only report a fact, while のだ insists on it as the correct interpretation. The same emphatic ending recurs in p4s3 and p4s4, giving the essay its talking-to-himself tone.

『映画ちいかわ』を国際政治学から読み解く:なぜ争いは始まり、なぜ終わらないのか · 2026年11月6日

しかし、ちいかわたちが私に与えてくれたのは、国際政治について考え続けるための、いっそう多くの問いだったのである。

But what Chiikawa and the others gave me was even more questions for continuing to think about international politics.

のである follows the past copula だった and closes the article by framing the sentence as its final point. It completes the contrast with p9s1: the writer sought a break from politics, but received more questions about it. A flat 問いだった would merely report this, whereas のである gives it the weight of a conclusion. It adds no new fact and no doubt. Do not confuse it with the の in ちいかわたちが私に与えてくれたのは, which nominalises the clause.