what does だけに mean in this? Looking for some help seeing whether I have understood the usage of in the below. To summarise the conversation is saying that she was jealous of . As she was explaining why she was jealous she became embarrassed and tried to change what she was going to say part way through, leading to the eventual by the narrator as the three of them spent most of the day eating out yesterday. says . Is this just to emphasise why she is jealous?(she specialises in music). edit: Thinking about it I'm not sure that makes sense. I originally thought she was saying that went to but now I'm thinking she might be saying that she went there. > > > > > > > …… > > > > > > **** > > > >

This means "precisely because of ". She said she went to (shop name) and it must be natural because she was in the music department.

See also:

* Meaning of ""
* The meaning of in this sentence
* JGram -