理由
りゆう
hepburn riyuu
reason
Part of speech · noun
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Examples
- 遅れた理由を教えてください。Please tell me the reason you were late.
- その理由はよく分かりません。I do not really understand that reason.
Collocations
理由がある理由を言う理由を聞く理由なくその理由
Mnemonic
理由 riyuu — 理 (logic, principle) + 由 (origin, owing to). Together: the principle from which something arises — a reason. Its more colloquial near-synonym is わけ (訳).
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