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Grammar detail: というわけ

というわけ - that means ~
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というわけ
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だ or です or ではない etc.
means
That means that ~
わけ alone means 'reason', and combined with という used to 'quote' the original clause, the literal meaning is '~ is the reason'.
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しんこん
新婚
なのに
こども
子供
？そう・・・
むすこ
息子
は
ちちおや
父親
の
つ
連
れ
こ
子
。
かれ
彼
はバツイチというわけだ。
Newly weds but with a child? Yes, that's right - the son is from the father's former marriage. He's been divorced once.
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まった
全
く
わる
悪
いというわけではない。
That is not altogether bad.
The similar form どういうわけ can be used as a question: 'what's the meaning?'.
DETAILS
どういうわけかメールにアクセスできませんでした。
For some reason I couldn't access my e-mail.
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Kanji used in this grammar

新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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2
婚
コン    marriage   
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3
子
シ   ス   こ child   
1
供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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3
息
ソク   いき breath   
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3
父
フ   ちち father   
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1
親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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2
連
レン   つれる to take, to lead   つらねる to line up   つらなる to extend   
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3
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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3
全
ゼン   まったく entirely   すべて everything   
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3
悪
アク   オ   わるい bad   
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2
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