connective N2 common casualpolite

おまけに — on top of that

おまけに

Meaning

Key sentence

I got lost, and to make things worse, it even started raining.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Sentence-initial (joining sentences) [A]。おまけに、[B]。 風邪かぜをひいて、おまけにねつた。

Examples

I was worn out from overtime, and on top of that I missed the last train.
This inn has lavish food, and to boot, there's a hot spring as well.

Easily confused with

Notes

See おまけに in real sentences

Jengo shows おまけに the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

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