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使い分け. The differences between two or more words or phrases and how to select the best one for a given situation.

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Shouldn't this phrase using だけのこと mean "just for that"?

I think the source of your initial confusion is that there's some ambiguity in the phrase "didn't do X for nothing." In the above translation, it seems to mean "fortunately, my time in Japan didn't go …
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