How to say tom was late for class, as is often the case. in Japanese
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よくあるよくある(yokuaru) (exp,v5r-i) is often the case事事(koto) (n) thing/matter/incident/occurrence/event/something serious/trouble/crisis/circumstances/situation/state of affairs/work/business/affair/after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to/noだがだが(daga) (conj) but/however/yet/nevertheless/still/for all that、、(、) Japanese commaトムno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh授業授業(jugyou) (n,vs) lesson/class work/teaching/instructionにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.遅刻遅刻(chikoku) (n,vs,adj-no) lateness/late comingしたした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon。。(。) Japanese period "."
