4.I.5 原因‧理由: …なめ（に） [due to …]

(駅で) 事故のため、電車が遅れています。

(At the station) Due to an accident, the train is delayed.

(在車站)因為事故，火車慢分了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
駅で	eki-de	modifiers	at the station
事故のため	jiko-no-tame	modifiers	due to an accident
電車が	densha-ga	subject	the train
遅れています	okure-te-i-masu	predicate	is delayed

Today’s meeting ended a little early because there were few attendees.

今天的會議因爲出席者較少，所以提前結束了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今日の会	kyo—no-kai	modifiers	today’s meeting
出席者	shusseki-sha	subject	attendees
少なかった	sukunaka-t-ta	predicate	was few
ため	tame	particles	because
少し早く	sukoshi-hayaku	modifiers	a little early
終わった	owa-t-ta	predicate	finished

Due to inconvenient transportation, few people come to this library.

交通不便，因此來這個圖書館的人很少。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
交通	ko-tsu	subject	transportation
が	ga	particles	subject marker
不便な	fuben-na	modifiers	inconvenient
ために	tame-ni	particles	for the sake of
この	kono	modifiers	this
図書館	toshokan	subject	library
に	ni	particles	location marker
来る	kuru	verb conjugations	come
人	hito	subject	people
は	wa	particles	topic marker
少ない	sukunai	predicate	few

The sports festival was canceled because a typhoon is approaching.

因爲颱風正在接近，運動會被取消了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
台風	taifu	subject	typhoon
が	ga	particles	subject marker
近づいている	chikazui-te-iru	modifiers	is approaching
ため	ta-me	particles	because
運動会	undo-kai	predicate	sports festival
は	wa	particles	topic marker
中止になった	chu-shi-ni-na-t-ta	verb conjugations	was canceled

Please be quiet as the baby is sleeping.

請保持安靜，因爲寶寶正在睡覺。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
赤ちゃん	akachan	subject	baby
が	ga	particles	subject marker
ねているので	ne-te-iru-node	modifiers	is sleeping
静かに	shizuka-ni	modifiers	quietly
してください	shi-te-kudasai	predicate	please do