just as well

Adverb

not-comparable

Used to say that an occurrence, or situation, is not only fortunate, but that on the contrary, it could have been a lot worse; or that something that might at first seem bad is actually good because it could have been worse.

Japanese Meaning

（ある状況が悪化する可能性をはらんでいたものの）結果としては望ましい事態になったため、むしろそのままでよかったという意味 / 悪い結果になりかねた状況が、結果的に思いのほか好ましいものとなったことを表している意味

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I missed the train, but it was just as well because I bumped into an old friend.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

電車に乗り遅れたが、むしろ良かった。古い友人に偶然会ったからだ。

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Sense（1）

There are 16 female cabdrivers in town, most of them Koreans with limited English skills. Which is just as well, says Alla Tinker, because they don't want to understand much of what their male customers say.

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Sense（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see just, as well, as, well.

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