► 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:
- 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
- 理由はともかく結果が悪いことは否定出来ない ⇨ Whatever the reason was, you cannot deny the result was poor
- 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
- 私がそうしたのには理由がある ⇨ There is a reason (for that) I did so
- 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
- 彼は何やかんやと理由をつけて来ない ⇨ He makes all kinds of excuses and won’t come over
- 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
- 彼は怪我を理由に試合を放棄した ⇨ He retired from the game due to an injury
- 彼等の理由には心情的には賛成だが、違法であることには違いない ⇨ Sentimentally I agree with their reasoning, but it is still illegal
- 彼は何のかんのと理由をつけて来ない ⇨ He makes all kinds of excuses and won’t come over
- 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
- 正当な理由 ⇨ A just, fair, morally correct, reason
- 彼は本当の理由を明かした ⇨ He revealed the real reason
- 彼等は支払いの不履行を理由に契約を解消した ⇨ They canceled the contract based on non-payment
- 以上の理由で私は反対です ⇨ I disagree because of the reasons I have just mentioned