英和和英

読み方 だから

接続詞

As; because; since; seeing that; now that

用例

• 病気だから学校を休む
  As I am ill, I will not go to school.

• 僕は貧乏だからそんなぜいたくはできない
  I can not afford such extravagance, because I am poor.
• 西洋人だから大目に見ておく
  Since he is a foreigner, I will make allowances.
• 彼は未丁年だから酒も煙草も飲めぬ
  He can not drink or smoke, seeing that he is a minor.
• もう丁年だから酒も煙草も飲める
  Now that he is of age, he may drink and smoke.

副詞

（＝それだから）so; and so; so that; therefore; that is why

用例

• 昨日は病気だった、だから学校を休んだ
  I was ill yesterday, so I did not go to school.

• 彼は金持ちだ、だから勉強しないのだ
  He is rich, and so he does not work.
• 彼は丈夫だ、だから働ける
  He is strong, so he can work―（他動詞構文にすれば）―His strength enables him to work.
• 僕は貧乏だからそんなぜいたくはできない
  I am so poor that I can not afford such extravagance
  I am too poor to afford such extravagance.
• 彼は国賊だから殺した
  He was a traitor, therefore I slew him.
• だから承知しないのだ
  That's why I can't agree.
• だから言わないことじゃない
  Why, I've told you many times.