〜で（原因）

Formationnoun + で

で names a cause when the noun is an event or a condition rather than a place or a tool. Absent through illness, late because of the snow. It is compact and impersonal, which is why announcements like it.

Examples

〜で（原因） is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

1. 私わたしは仕事しごとでひどくくたびれている。

   I'm very tired from work.

2. 父ちちは用事ようじで年とし２回かいシドニーへ行いく。

   My father goes to Sydney twice a year on business.

3. 私わたしの母ははは長ながい病気びょうきでとても弱よわっていた。

   My mother was very weak from a long illness.

4. 雨あめで木の葉このはが生き生きいきいきして見みえる。

   The leaves look fresh in the rain.

5. 前日ぜんじつの台風たいふうで木きが倒たおれていた。

   The tree had been blown down by the typhoon of the day before.