Whenever I watch drama or news I always hear "し" particle being used. Back when I was still studying "Minna No Nihongo" my teacher taught me that ”し” means "だから” but native Japanese tend to use this to enumerate list of option like in the following example
結婚式ってだいたいいくらかかるんですか？
えと。。。１００万円っていうのもありますし、５万もありますよ。
I just want to know what is the real meaning of "し".
Answer
The particle し is used to create a non-exhaustive list of reasons.
Example from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_particles#shi):
綺麗{きれい}だし、広い{ひろい}し、いいね、このアパート！
Kirei da shi, hiroi shi, ii ne, kono apaato!
It's clean, it's spacious; this apartment is nice, isn't it!
In this example sentence, し indicates that the cleanness and spaciousness of the apartment may not be the only reasons the speaker likes it.
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