N3 grammar · Lesson 5

「〜おかげで」「〜せいで」「〜ため」: causes

先輩せんぱいのおかげで、仕事しごとがずいぶん早はやく終おわった。

「おかげで」: a good cause; 「せいで」 「せいか」: a bad or uncertain one; 「ため」 「によって」: neutral written causes. Compare 「から」 「ので」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「〜おかげで」: thanks to …
  2. 02「〜せいで」 「〜せいか」: it’s the fault of …, perhaps because …
  3. 03「〜ため（に）」 and noun + 「によって」: causes in writing
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match the phrases to their meanings
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the natural sentence
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order

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