-는 바람에: Because Of — Unexpected Cause, Messy Result

-는 바람에 packages an incident as cause: something happened, and that is why the (often messy) result followed.

Gloss: unexpected cause with an unwanted result. 우리말샘 바람 「016」: dependent noun in -는 바람에 marking the grounds/cause of what follows. Weather 바람 is a different word sense. “Unexpected / unwanted” is strong teaching colour — common in drills, not a dictionary absolute.

What it does — blame the incident

길이 막히는 바람에 늦었어요.
버스가 고장 나는 바람에 걸어갔어요.
비가 오는 바람에 경기가 취소됐어요.
알람이 안 울리는 바람에 잠을 더 잤어요.

Traffic Unit 9 lives here: the delay has a concrete disrupting event.

Forms

Shape	Example
-는 바람에	막히는 바람에, 쏟아지는 바람에

Keep the -는 adnominal; do not write 막히다 바람에.

Near neighbours

Form	Feel
-아서/어서	plain everyday cause
-는 바람에	incident → (messy) sequel
-는 탓에	blame-flavoured cause (when written)

비가 와서 취소됐어요.           plain cause
비가 오는 바람에 취소됐어요.   incident packaging

When to use

Use -는 바람에 when narrating a disruption that led to trouble (or at least an unplanned outcome).

Prefer -아서/어서 for calm, expected reasons (피곤해서 일찍 잤어요).

Practice rule: if the cause feels like “then this happened on me,” -는 바람에 fits.