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    3. 理由

    理由

    理り由ゆう

    reason

    N4KMT1News #1+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    りゆうわけ

    Noun

    1.
    reason, grounds, pretext, excuse, motive

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    遅おくれた理り由ゆうは何なんですか。

    What is the reason you are late?

    KMT1Daily LifeCore Concepts
    彼かれがそう言いった理り由ゆうが分わかりません。

    I don't understand the reason why he said that.

    KMT1Core ConceptsDaily Life
    彼かの女じょが会かい社しゃを辞やめた理り由ゆうは個こ人じん的てきなものでした。

    The reason she quit the company was personal.

    KMT2Work & CareerDaily Life
    その決けっ定ていには明めい確かくな理り由ゆうがあり、誰だれもが納なっ得とくしました。

    There was a clear reason for that decision, and everyone was convinced.

    KMT4Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance
    科か学がく的てきな理り由ゆうに基もとづいて、その仮か説せつは否ひ定ていされました。

    Based on scientific reasons, that hypothesis was rejected.

    KMT5Science & MathCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    理
    ことわり…(17)
    logic・arrangement・reason・justice・truth
    由
    よし・よ.る…(3)
    wherefore・a reason
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