N2 — outside your level filter
ものだから
ものだからmono da karaN2neutral
Same meaning13
because; the reason is
- ばかりにall because — one small thing cost far more than it shouldattaches at
- だってcasual reason-opener ('cause, X); casual "even N"attaches 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'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
All examples3
because — a cause outside your control, offered so you'll be excused
バスが全然来なかったもんだから、遅れちゃった。ごめん。
basu ga zenzen konakatta mon da kara, okurechatta. gomen.
The bus just wouldn't come, so I ended up late. Sorry. casual
あまりに眠かったものだから、話の途中で寝てしまいました。
amari ni nemukatta mono da kara, hanashi no tochuu de nete shimaimashita.
I was just so sleepy that I fell asleep in the middle of the talk. neutral
不慣れなものですから、お時間をいただいてしまい申し訳ございません。
funare na mono desu kara, o jikan o itadaite shimai moushiwake gozaimasen.
I am new to this, so I am sorry to have taken up your time. formal
How it's formed3
All forms3
もんだからmondakaracolloquial
味わうもんだから
A spoken shortening — 眠かったもんだから寝ちゃった. Speech and texting only.
ものでmonodealternant
味わうもので
The softer で shape, common in polite apologies — 不慣れなもので、お待たせしました.
- politeものですからmonodesukara
味わうものですから
Notes
leads into one (不慣れなもので、よろしくお願いします).