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〜せいで
「せいで」casts the train delay as the blameworthy cause of missing the meeting.
Tested at JLPT N2 — 5 practice questions below.
Practice 〜せいで →〜せいで follows a clause to mark a cause responsible for a negative result — "because of (something bad)." Since the delay produced the unwanted outcome of not making the meeting, the blaming nuance of せいで is required. ものだから sounds like a personal excuse, ところで abandons the causal link by changing the subject, and おかげで is reserved for causes one is thankful for.
電車が遅れた＿＿、会議に間に合わなかった。
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道路が混んでいた＿＿＿、約束に遅れた。
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説明が不足していた＿＿＿、誤解が生じた。
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