Reason & Cause

Introduction

Advanced causal patterns express reasons with specific emotional colouring — excessive cause, unfortunate cause, or logical obligation. Each pattern tells the listener not just why, but how you feel about it.

These distinctions are what make advanced Japanese truly expressive.

Themes

All Japanese Grammar Advanced in This Chapter (10)

1. ～ことから ことから A phrase that expresses a reason or a cause by presenting an observable fact or characteristic as the basis for a conclusion. It translat...
2. ～ばかりに ばかりに A conjunction meaning 'just because' or 'simply because,' used when a single factor leads to an unfortunate or regrettable outcome. It ca...
3. ～ばこそ ばこそ A conjunction that strongly emphasises the reason or cause behind an action or feeling. It conveys 'precisely because' or 'it is exactly ...
4. ～あげく（に） あげく An adverb or conjunction meaning 'in the end' or 'after all that,' indicating that after a prolonged effort, deliberation, or struggle, a...
5. ～故に・ゆえに ゆえに A formal conjunction meaning 'therefore,' 'because of,' or 'on account of.' It presents a reason or cause in an elevated, literary register.
6. ～なぜなら（ば）～からだ なぜなら A structure used to explicitly introduce a reason for a statement made in the preceding sentence. It translates as 'the reason is that…' ...
7. ～と言うのは というのは A phrase that introduces the reason for what has just been said, meaning 'the reason is' or 'what I mean is.' It bridges a statement to i...
8. ～とあって とあって A phrase meaning 'because' or 'given that,' used when the speaker or writer considers the stated reason to be a natural or expected basis...
9. ～とあっては とあっては A conditional phrase meaning 'given that' or 'if it is the case that,' used to indirectly present a factual situation as a reason that ma...
10. ～ところから ところから A phrase that introduces the origins or basis of names, theories, ideas, and events. It means 'from the point/aspect that' or 'owing to t...