Now since A...
Shows a result/realization that came about from A happening for the first time.
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日本へ来てこそより日本を知ることができる。
I can know more about Japan now since I've come (here).
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この本は読み直してこそ面白さが分かります。
Now since I re-read this book, I understand why it's interesting.
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行ってこそ (since going)
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恵理子
Level: 1
(13 years ago)
This expression can only be used with sentences in the present, not in the past tense. It's only by doing something that you learn something or become something for the first time - that's why the present tense is being used.
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