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～もんですから／ものですから
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because
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This pattern is used to present a reason for a situation. It is often used to give a reason for a situation where the speaker feels sorry for what happened, but where the consequence was unavoidable because of the reason he/she gives.
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～うちに
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while a certain situation holds; before something happens (negative sentence)
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There are two kinds of ～うちに. When うちに is preceded by nouns, adjectives and verbs (stative or in progressive form), it expresses the sense of 'while a certain situation holds.' When うちに is preceded by a negative verb form, it expresses the meaning of 'before something happens'
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Xが気になる
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~weighs on one's mind; to be concerned about ~
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In this construction, X can be either a noun or a sentence nominalized by attaching の
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どうしても
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can't do [it] no matter how hard one tries (negative sentence); by all means (affirmative sentence)
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This phrase can be used with either a negative or affirmative predicate. In a negative sentence, it means 'can't do [it] no matter how hard one tries.' In an affirmative sentence, it has the sense of 'by all means.'
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つい
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inadvertently; involuntarily
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～に気をつける
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to pay attention to ~; to be careful of ~
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わざわざ
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to go out of one's way to do something
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～ようにお願いする
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to ask [someone] to do [something]
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ように in this construction indicates that it is an indirect quote of a command or a request. [V(plain, non-past)ように言う] is equivalent to a sentence with a direct quote such as [Vてくださいと言う]or[Vなさいと言う]
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～ように言う
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to tell [someone] to do [something]
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ように in this construction indicates that it is an indirect quote of a command or a request. [V(plain, non-past)ように言う] is equivalent to a sentence with a direct quote such as [Vてくださいと言う]or[Vなさいと言う]
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～ように頼む
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to ask[someone] to do [something]
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ように in this construction indicates that it is an indirect quote of a command or a request. [V(plain, non-past)ように言う] is equivalent to a sentence with a direct quote such as [Vてくださいと言う]or[Vなさいと言う]
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V(volitonal)としたら
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when I was about to V
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(Xて,)Yくらいだ
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X, to the extent Y
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くらい, like ほど, indicates the degree or extent of a situation, which is often expressed in Xて(or Xで). Y can be a な-adjective (e.g., 上手なくらいです), an い-adjective (e.g., 痛いくらいです) or a verb (e.g., 行くくらいです).
The くらい phrase can precede the situation it is describing, as in [YくらいX]. The meaning, however, is the same as [Xて、Yくらいだ]. |
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V(plain past)ものだ
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used to V
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[V(plain, past)ものだ］is used to express something one used to do in the past, to reminisce about the past.
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V(stem)たて
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something was just done
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A suffix たて attaches to a limited number of verbs (stem of ます-form) and means that something was just done.
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