✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in apologies or when reporting causes of failure in a business context.
Commonly used to complain or blame friends/siblings for small mistakes.
Found in news, reports, and literature to describe causal relationships for bad events.
Very common; can be shortened to “~せいか” if the cause is uncertain.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
Nouns require ‘no’, Na-adjectives require ‘na’, and Verbs/I-adjectives use the dictionary/plain form.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
Maintain a clear ‘e’ sound in ‘sei’. In casual speech, it is often said with a slightly frustrated tone.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘Sei’ as sounding like ‘Sigh’. You ‘sigh’ when something bad happens because of something else.
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