だから
だから
hepburn dakara
so, therefore
Part of speech · conjunction
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 雨だから行かない。I am not going because it is raining.
- だから言ったでしょう。I told you so.
Collocations
だから (dakara, so / therefore)ですから (desu kara, polite)だからねなぜなら (nazenara, because)それで (sorede)
Mnemonic
Dakara (だから) is "so" — B + no-cluster conjunction. Da plus kara. Polite desu kara. Register: dakara casual, desu kara formal, na node neutral, shitagatte very formal. Business dakara is rude; desu kara orthodox.
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