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Shows a typical trait or characteristic of A
  1. Shows a typical trait or characteristic of A
  2. Because A
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あの 先 生 のこと だ から 、 次 の 試 験 も きっと 難 し い だ ろ う 。 
Seeing that it's that teacher, the next test will surely be hard as well.
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甘 えん 坊 の 妹 のこと だ から 、 き ち ん と 一 人 暮 ら し できている の か ど う か 不 安 だ 。 
Given my spoiled little sister, I'm uneasy as to if she can live well enough on her own.

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スーパーマンのことだから (because it's Superman)

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The noun A is often a person.
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Because A
  1. Shows a typical trait or characteristic of A
  2. Because A
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あの 店 のこと だから 、 また 品 切 れ かもしれない よ 。 
Because it's that store, it may still be out of stock.
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こども の 言 う こと で す から 、 そ ん な に 当 て に し ち ゃ 行 け ま せ ん よ 。 
You mustn't put much stock into it because a child said it.

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ことだから
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Javona
Years Studied: 6
Level: 1, 好 : 595
When using ことだから it says that the meaning "Shows a typical trait or characteristic of A". In the how to use section is says "Noun (person)". Since many user example sentences show non-people nouns (such as Japan, the cold, etc), I just want someone to tell me whether the noun has to refer to a person or not.
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マイコー
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I haven't (yet) been able to find any official sources that refer to usages outside of people; since the user sentences are unverified, there is no guarantee that the usage there is correct.
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mysticfive
Years Studied: since 2000
Studying: 自分のため、日本語教師だから
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I can't find any verified non-person usages either... I think it is supposed to be regarding a person?
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phyleeze
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I'm studying for N2 and this grammar is new to me, so please take this with a grain of salt. JGram states that it's [i]usually [/i]used with people: http://dev.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=kotodakara But in my book [i]Bunpou Speed Master (J Research publishing)[/i], there's an example sentence: 毎日のことだから、食器洗いは簡単に済ませたいですね。(It's something I have to do everyday, so I'd like to find a way to get the dishes done easily.) This isn't directly about a person, but a daily task. Oh, and ALC has a lot of good examples. :D http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%81%A0%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89&ref=sa
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マイコー
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Confirmed and updated. Thanks!
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yappa
Years Studied: Since 2009
Studying: N1
Level: 1, 好 : 94

In Nihongo Sou matome N1, there is another use of this grammar:

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マイコー
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Interesting, thanks! I'll update the page in the next day or so.

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mysticfive
Years Studied: since 2000
Studying: 自分のため、日本語教師だから
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It seems to me that most of the user sentences (including mine) now fall under the second usage of this pattern - is there any way to change what usage a sentence falls under without deleting and re-writing it?

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マイコー
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Unfortunately, that functionality does not exist yet. How many sentences, roughly, are we talking?

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mysticfive
Years Studied: since 2000
Studying: 自分のため、日本語教師だから
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I'd say maybe about half of the 30+ sentences there?

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I can do a mass move of them, but I unfortunately don't have time to read through all of them - I'd need the id numbers of the ones to be moved (you can see them by right clicking on the comments button, then hitting "inspect element" on Chrome.

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mysticfive
Years Studied: since 2000
Studying: 自分のため、日本語教師だから
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I will have the time to do that in about 10 days... hopefully I'll remember then sweatdrop.gif

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gdartfow
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I think the first usage also works with な-adjectives, e.g. 必要なことだからだ。 (= because it's necessary.) and nouns require の after them, e.g.: 推測のことだから。。。 (= because it's a guess...)

Also, both of its current example sentences seem to fit better with the second usage.

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I've moved a couple of other sentences in place as examples, and adjusted the usage patterns. Thanks!

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