せいで
(Sei de)
Attributes a negative outcome to a specific cause or reason.
Connection rules
- +Verb/i-Adjective (Plain form) + せいで
- +na-Adjective + な + せいで
- +Noun + の + せいで
Examples
1.
昨夜飲みすぎたせいで、今日は頭が痛い。

Sakuya nomi sugi ta sei de, kyou ha atama ga itai.
Because I drank too much last night, I have a headache today.
「A bad hangover」
2.
バスが遅れたせいで、会議に間に合わなかった。

Basu ga okure ta sei de, kaigi ni maniawa naka ta.
Due to the bus being late, I didn't make it to the meeting.
「Apologizing for being late」
Practice
Because it rained, the baseball game was canceled.
___、野球の試合が中止になった。
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