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これ
もんだい
問題
げんいん
原因
なったからメールじゃなくて
めん
かって
あやま
らないで
すまないでしょう
This was the cause of the problem, so you should apologize face-to-face, not in an email.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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cause; origin; source
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to do ...  (see also: 荷う, 伴う; after a noun, etc.)
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1. email  (abbreviation)
noun
2. mail (usu. in phrases and compound words)
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expression, 'i' adjective
1. is not; am not; are not  (from ではない)
2. isn't it?
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noun
1. face
2. mask; face guard
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Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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3
to apologize; to apologise
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2
1. inexcusable; unjustifiable; unpardonable  (often written with kana only)
2. sorry; remorseful; apologetic; conscience-stricken; contrite
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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Kanji
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モン   かど gate   
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ダイ    topic   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
ゲン   はら meadow   
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cliff
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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イン   cause   よ to depend on   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
box, enclosure   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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wide mouth
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wide
シャ   あやま to apologize   
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シャ   い to shoot   
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スン   inch
シン   み body, person   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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