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Grammar detail: ので

ので  because
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means that clause 2 is the case because of clause 1.
から and だから can be used in a similar fashion, but ので is more commonly used when the reason (clause 1) is impersonal, i.e. objectively true.
まち
あたら
しい
みせ
できたのでぼく
きません

There's a new restaurant in town, so would you like to go there with me?
この
みせ
ひと
おお
のでやめましょう
There are too many people, so let's skip this store.
わたし
いっしゅうかん
一週間
まえ
じこ
事故
けがしたので
そと
られない

I can't go out, because I was injured a week ago in an accident.
らいねん
来年
かいがい
海外
のでえいごべんきょうしています
I'm studying English, because I'm going overseas next year.
Note: ので is not to be confused with のです.
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Kanji used in this grammar

チョウ   まち town   
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シン   あたらしい    あら    にい- new   
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テン   みせ shop   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
タ   おお many   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シュウ    a week   
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カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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ネン   とし year   
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カイ   うみ ocean   
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