In English it would be, "It's because I love you" or simply, "I love you." The 「だから」at the end implies that its an explanation. I'll use an example:

Girl: "Why did you run over my boyfriend?!"
Boy: "It's because I love you!"

Others can probably confirm this, but I'm pretty sure this is how it would be translated (depending on context).

yudantaiteki wrote:

More or less; you can't give a much better translation than that without context.  The から doesn't mean for certain that it came after a "Why...?" question.

Two other notes:
1. The correct transcription is 僕はおまえのこと、好きなんだから。

2. Do not use this in real life -- most Japanese women do not like to be called おまえ by men.

So its おまえ、What is the formal synonym of this word?　By the way, I guess your transcription is the correct one. Thanks!

Its a rude way of saying 「you」. When being more polite I tend to hear 「Person's Last Name」さん.

So it's like saying, "because I love mei." When in fact you are already talking to that person? Or is it this way, "because I love you mei"; I'm referring to this one by the way, ぼくはメイちゃんのこと、すきなんだから。

To sort things out, the safest way to address them is by name, isn't it?

I didn't asked about that, I've heard it in a movie.. The translation says, "because I love you" and wasn't satisfied so I bring it here for thorough translation. Hence, I want it the polite way(Saving this line for future usage.) =P

Thank you for the statistics. Now I know why some of those that I have chatted in facebook didn't Replied.　Thanks for the help guys!

Most likely きみ sounds like something you would say to a child (I'm not sure I've ever heard a Japanese person call someone きみ in real life) whereas おまえ is something males use with their friends.  So that may be why some girls don't like きみ but aren't quite as bothered by おまえ.

It's not just women.  I never use お前 with my male friends either, nor do they with me, unless it's clear we're really joking around.

To me, it's the equivalent of calling someone "Motherf------" in English.  I can use that with my brother and some close friends, and it's funny.  It even adds to our sense of closeness, that we could refer to each other in that way.  But I'm careful not to use it with everyone, especially people I've just met.  That goes double for people much older than myself.

You should be extremely careful when using お前.  It's pretty offensive.  Just something for you motherf-----s to think about.

keep in mind that what people say they want what people actually want (as measured by their actions) is not always the same thing. So women may *say* they don't want to called お前 because it's slightly aggressive (and aggression is bad) but at the same time at some subconscious level be drawn to men who are slightly aggressive (because they are confident and get things done). Whereas if a guy always says 君 it may come across as wussy nice guy behavior which is fundamentally annoying on many levels.

Tori-kun wrote:

Now that we are on-topic, I have heard husbands calling their wifes by あんた (which I thought is even more rude than おまえ) in dorama/movies. Or is it just a more casual form of あなた expressing intimacy?

This isn't really the same thing as the あんた you use when being rude.  It just sound casual when used like this, as far as I know.  I've seen real people do this, so it's not just used in media.

Tori-kun wrote:

Also, can I refer to my parents with オヤジ・おフクロ even if they are not old? I feel ちち・はは is formal.

Refer to your parents when talking to other people, or when talking to your parents?  ちち and はは aren't really used when talking to your parents, only about them.  My impression of 親父 and お袋 is that they are used by older people when talking to their parents.  A lot of kids call their parents ママ and パパ, then in their early teens switch to お父さん or お母さん or variations, and older people (mostly men?) sometimes say おやじ or おふくろ or variations.

When you're learning from a textbook, usually it says that you should refer to your own parents as ちち and はは when talking to those outside the family, but that doesn't really seem to be much of a rule in real life, especially when talking to friends.  A lot of people, especially younger people or people in casual situations, refer to their own father as お父さん and so on even to those outside the family.

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I think its almost always best to use the persons name, especially for a guy talking towards a girl. I think it does sound a bit 偉そう otherwise and it doesn't sound nice, especially if always used. I only use it when I'm trying to be funny!

Having said that, I still remember the first time I got called お前 by a male friend, and at the time I was really happy about it. Only because it felt like I'd somehow probably got 'into' the group of people I was speaking with, like I'd been accepted as one of them.