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理由りゆう

Kana りゆう Romaji riyuu

JLPT N4 Common word

Definitions

01noun

Examples

どうしてあなたにお詫びする理由があるのですか。

Why should I apologize to you?

Tatoeba #201575

火災の理由は何か。

What caused the fire?

Tatoeba #186714

理由は誰も分からない。

No one can tell the reason.

Tatoeba #78364

Other forms

わけ (gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading))

Source

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