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    3. 由

    由

    由よし

    reason

    KMT3News #5+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab5 strokes

    因縁

    よし

    Noun

    1.
    reason, significance, cause
    2.
    piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...

    Stroke 0 / 5

    Speed1.0x

    その由よしを教おしえてください。

    Please tell me the reason for that.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    事ことの由よしを詳くわしく説せつ明めいした。

    I explained the details of the matter's reason.

    KMT3Core ConceptsWork & Career
    彼かれの行こう動どうには何なにか深ふかい由よしがあるはずだ。

    There must be some deep reason behind his actions.

    KMT4Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    この伝でん統とうの由よしを理り解かいすることは重じゅう要ようだ。

    It is important to understand the reason/origin of this tradition.

    KMT4Culture & TraditionsCore Concepts
    古こ文もん書じょにはその儀ぎ式しきの由よしが記きされている。

    The ancient document records the origin/reason of that ritual.

    KMT5HistoryLiterature

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    由
    よし・よ.る…(3)
    wherefore・a reason
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