connective N4 common casualpolitewritten

〜し〜し — ~ and ~ (listing reasons/qualities)

〜し〜し・しし

Meaning

~, and ~ (and what's more) — explicitly stacks two or more reasons or qualities, all pointing toward a conclusion

Repeating し spells out the cumulative listing of single し: you give several grounds side by side, building a case. Very common before a decision or evaluation — 安やすいし、近ちかいし、便利べんりだ ('it's cheap, it's close, it's convenient'). The implied 'so…' conclusion often follows or is left understood.

Key sentence

この部屋へやは広ひろいし、明あかるいし、気きに入いった。

This room is spacious and bright, and what's more, I like it.

Formation

Attaches to	Form	Example
Plain-form clauses (です/ます in polite speech)	… し、… し(、…)	安やすいし便利べんりだし / 雨あめだし寒さむいし

Examples

今日きょうは疲つかれたし、眠ねむいし、もう寝ねる。

I'm tired and sleepy today, so I'm going to bed.

彼女かのじょは頭あたまもいいし、性格せいかくもいい。

She's smart, and on top of that, she has a good personality.

値段ねだんも手頃てごろだし、味あじもいいし、また来こよう。

The price is reasonable and the food's good, so let's come again.

Easily confused with

し Single し already means 'and what's more'; 〜し〜し just makes the multi-reason listing explicit, naming two or more grounds in parallel. 〜も〜も〜も〜も lists parallel *items* with one predicate ('both A and B are…'); 〜し〜し lists parallel *clauses/reasons* ('it's A, and it's B, …').

Notes

も often rides along inside the list to mark each parallel feature: 頭あたまもいいし、性格せいかくもいい.

See 〜し〜し in real sentences

Jengo shows 〜し〜し 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 from published Japanese grammar references.

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