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Formation: V / i-adj plain form + ものだから; na-adj + な + ものだから; N + な + ものだから

Gives a reason in a way that explains or justifies what happened. It often sounds like an excuse for something that was beyond the speaker's control or not entirely their fault. It is mainly spoken. もので and ものですから are politer, and もんだから and もんで are casual. The main clause states a result or situation and cannot be a command, request or invitation. から and ので are neutral, while ものだから adds a personal 'that's why, you see' tone. 〜ばかりに stresses regret that one single cause led to a bad result, and 〜ことから is a formal, objective 'from the fact that'.

Variants: もので、ものですから、もんだから、もんで

Examples

• 電車が遅れたものだから、会議に間に合わなかったんです。
  The train was late, you see, so I didn't make it to the meeting.
• あまりに安かったもので、つい買いすぎてしまった。
  It was so cheap that I ended up buying too much.
• 初めてだったものですから、勝手がわからなくて。
  It was my first time, so I didn't know how things worked.

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