Say if someone said "Why did you call him Japanese?" and then I said "Well, he
IS Japanese (after all)." How would I express this? I'm thinking I would say
something like this:

> 彼は日本人なんだ

But I'm wondering if using んだ/んです is the best way to emphasise exactly what I
want to be emphasised in this instance.
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How would you emphasise a sentence like "Well, he IS Japanese, after all"
In informal/若者語 speech, you could also say

> 日本人だもんね

Which exactly corresponds to "he is Japanese, after all" in English.
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Most commonly, we would say:

・「だって日本人（なん）だもん。」

・「だって日本人だから（だよ）。」

・「なぜって（or なんでって）日本人だからです（よ）。」

Notice a 「んだ」 is used in the first sentence.

The vast majority of native speakers would not use a pronoun like 「彼は」. They
might use 「あの人は」, but it is not needed as both parties know exactly who they
are talking about.

Since Japanese is a highly contextual language as I say here every week, the
exact phrasing of the answer depends heavily on how the question "Why did you
call him Japanese?" was asked in Japanese.

If you used 「なぜ」, the other person is likely to reply with 「なぜって」. Similarly,
a 「なんで」 question is likely to be replied with 「なんでって」.
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