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3 9 6 shitagatte
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(b) %&2-F& 2, =+lb~-%& Lfzf19Tkh&b>o
(If you do exercise, you use energy. Accordingly you don't gain
weight.)
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(c) EI$O@biifk@fl$Gb>., Lf:fl~-Ck < ~;k&~
(Japanese cars have fewer troubles. Therefore they sell well.)
(d) fiZii~~$&g$&/v~~f:~ ~rz;3"9~~1zicozt8d: <ShQrb>
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(She lived in Japan for five years. Therefore she knows a lot about
Japan.)
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(el m-mixm;f:ak,a %~=~>alj>~ L~:~~)~=-c~B&~o~
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az2 t:az0
(In Japan fathers are seldom at home. Therefore mothers are in charge
of their children's education.)
1. "S1. Shitagatte SF is used to express that S2 naturally results from S1.
The focus of the conjunction is more on the result than the cause.
2. Shitagatte is used either in written Japanese or in formal speech.
3. If what is expressed in S1 is a reason for what is expressed in S2, shita-
gaffe cannot be used; da kara has to be used.
(1) a. *~&a>X&&d~~z~ L~S~TW~ERL~
ItLf
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b. ~~~OAflEELf:O Eh>%%L$BRLfz0
(The majority of the people agreed. Therefore I also
agreed.)

The conjunction da kara can replace shitagatte in all the KS and Exs., but
not vice versa, because the former can express both reason-action and
cause-result relations, but the latter expresses cause-result relation only.
(See Note 3.)