Like, in a conversation one might first ask:

"When are you going on holiday?"

and then follow up with a clarification:

" **I'm asking this because** I need someone to watch my kids next week."

What would you use in in a simillar situation in Japanese?
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What's an equivalent in Japanese to "I'm asking this because..."?
One option is to use と言うのは, or と言うのも, at the beginning of a sentence.

> いつから休みですか。 **と言うのは** 、来週誰かに子供（の面倒）を見て欲しい **ん** です。

The sentence sounds natural if the main part ends with 〜んです (with an
explanatory の reduced to ん).

The difference between と言うのは and と言うのも is explained
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/65657/43676). It’s very subtle.

In a more casual conversation, you might hear something like the following
more often.

> いつから休み？来週誰かに子供（の面倒）を見て欲しい **ん** だけど。
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