How to say as is often the case, he was late for school. in Japanese
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よくあることだがよくあることだが(yokuarukotodaga) (exp) as often is the case、、(、) Japanese comma彼彼(kare) (ok) that , or something understood without naming it directly)/that person/over there/hey/eh?/thatはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh学校学校(gakkou) (n) school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 "."
