► 名詞
理由 [りゆう] meaning: reason rank: 1
☆ どういう理由でそんなことをしたんですか？ ⇨ What was the reason you did something like that?
☆ なんでそんな事をしなきゃいけないのか理由が判らない ⇨ I don’t understand why I have to do something like that
More examples:
- 理由は何にせよ連絡無しで休むのはいけない ⇨ Whatever the reason is, it is not OK to be absent without notice
- 変更は理由の如何を問わず認められない ⇨ Changes are not allowed whatever the reason is
- 日本の教育は理由は考えさせず、暗記させるばかりだ ⇨ The Japanese education doesn’t make students think about logics, but only makes them memorize things
- 彼女は何でも理由はとにかくケチをつけなくては気が済まない ⇨ She just needs to find fault with anything regardless of the reason
- あんな馬鹿を助けてやらなくてはいけない理由など無い ⇨ There is no reason that I have to help an idiot like that
- 医者の前で恥ずかしがる理由は無い ⇨ There is no reason to be embarrassed in front of a doctor
- 彼は敗戦の理由を淡々と語った ⇨ He calmly talked about the reasons he had lost the game
- 平成天皇は高齢を理由に退位した ⇨ Heisei emperor abdicated due to old age
- 何か隠された理由がありそうだ ⇨ There seems to be a hidden reason, motive
- 時々理由もなく不安になったりすることがある ⇨ Sometimes I get so nervous and scared for no reason
- その会社が選択された理由を開示して下さい ⇨ Please disclose the reasons why that company has been chosen
- 彼は怪我を理由に試合を放棄した ⇨ He retired from the game due to an injury
- 私がそうしたのには理由がある ⇨ There is a reason (for that) I did so
- はっきりした理由は無いけど勘でそう思ったんだ ⇨ There was no clear reason but I just got a hunch
- 以上の理由で私は反対です ⇨ I disagree because of the reasons I have just mentioned