Grammar a Day - Level 1 - 〜にして (nishite)

〜にして (nishite) - only; because of that

--- Notes ---
科学者にして出来事

other similar meanings:

だけ only：
　科学者＿だけ＿出来事
　a thing only a scholar could do

だから so
　科学者＿だから＿出来た
　he is a scholar so he could do it

だからこそ due to/because of
　科学者だからこそできた
　because he is a great scholar he could do it

--- Examples ---
かれはノーベル賞に値する研究を成し遂げた。これは、偉大な科学者にして初めてできることであろう。
He worked hard to execute Nobel Prize level research. This was the
something only a great scholar could achieve.

留学生にして日本に行った。
Only as a student did I go to Japan.

９０歳 にして彼はいまだに驚くほど元気である。
At the age of ninety he still has surprising vigour.

--- Comments ---
#5146: can someone check please? (contributor: dc)

#6138　The Japanese is weird. 留学生として日本に行った。 is better. That
means this example does not fit to this entry. (contributor: Miki)

#5146 The Japanese looks ok. Usually the expression is used as written
language. Simpler expression is
これは、偉大な科学者であって初めてできることであろう。 (contributor: Miki)

#6139 For your reference, this にして is different from the entry.
(contributor: Miki)

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