N3 — outside your level filter
だって
だってdatteN3casual
casual reason-opener ('cause, X); casual "even N"
「なんで食べないの？」「だって、お腹いっぱいなんだもん。」
"nan de tabenai no?" "datte, onaka ippai nan da mon."
"Why aren't you eating?" "'Cause I'm already full!" casual
そんなの、子供だって知ってるよ。
sonna no, kodomo datte shitteru yo.
Come on, even kids know that. casual
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because; the reason is
- ばかりにall because — one small thing cost far more than it shouldattaches at
- からこそprecisely because — this reason and no other made it happenattaches at
- からbecause; so — the speaker's own reasonattaches at
- ことだからknowing X as we do — a prediction from someone's known characterattaches at
- ものだからbecause — offered as an excuse the speaker could not helpattaches at
- もの'cause; but I — a reason fired back at the listenerattaches at
- んですit's that…; you see — marks the sentence as an explanationattaches at
- なくてnot… and; because (one) doesn'tattaches at
- なぜならthe reason is; because — opens a new sentence explaining the last oneattaches at
- につきowing to N; per N (formal, written)attaches at
- のでbecause; since — reason as circumstanceattaches at
- せいかperhaps because; maybe it's because — the cause offered only as a guessattaches at
- しand what's more — listing reasonsattaches at
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'cause, X; but, X — a casual excuse pushed back at a complaint
「なんで食べないの？」「だって、お腹いっぱいなんだもん。」
"nan de tabenai no?" "datte, onaka ippai nan da mon."
"Why aren't you eating?" "'Cause I'm already full!" casual
遅刻したのは仕方ないよ、だって電車が止まってたんだから。
chikoku shita no wa shikata nai yo, datte densha ga tomatteta n da kara.
Being late couldn't be helped — the trains had stopped, after all. casual
even N; N too — a casual equivalent of でも／さえ, often defensive or emphatic
そんなの、子供だって知ってるよ。
sonna no, kodomo datte shitteru yo.
Come on, even kids know that. casual
このくらいの問題なら、初心者だって解けるはずだ。
kono kurai no mondai nara, shoshinsha datte tokeru hazu da.
Even a beginner should be able to solve a problem this simple. neutral