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Formation: Plain form + とかで; N / な-adj + だ + とかで

This pattern gives a reason the speaker heard from someone else and only half remembers or can't vouch for, like saying 'something about…' in English. It is conversational and is mostly used to explain why someone else did something. It is not used for your own reasons. 〜ということだ and the formal 〜とのことで pass on information clearly and precisely, while とかで stays deliberately vague. 〜ものだから excuses your own behaviour, and 〜せいか is the speaker's own guess about a cause.

Variants: とかいうことで、とかいう話で

Examples

• 山田さんは子どもが熱を出したとかで、今日は休みだ。
  Yamada's off today. Something about her child having a fever.
• 駅前の店は改装中だとかで、しばらく閉まっている。
  The shop by the station has been shut for a while, apparently for renovations.
• 部長は急用ができたとかで、先に帰りました。
  The manager left early. Some urgent business came up, apparently.

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