► 名詞
故 [(2)ゆえ] [liter] meaning: reason rank: 3
☆ それ故私は同意出来ない ⇨ For that reason I cannot agree
☆ 何故にそのようなことをしたのか (なにゆえ) ⇨ For what reason did you do that?
More examples:
- 我思う故に我在り ⇨ I think, therefore I am
 - 何故誰も気が付かなかったのかとても不思議だ ⇨ I really wonder why nobody noticed it
 - 彼は急遽事故現場に飛んだ ⇨ He immediately flew to the scene of the accident
 - 事故の原因は居眠り運転だった ⇨ The cause of the accident was that the driver had fell asleep
 - 落下事故 ⇨ A falling accident (from a height)
 - 彼は事故で指先を詰めた ⇨ His finger got cut off in the tip in the accident
 - 彼は事故で半身麻痺になった ⇨ He was paralyzed in one side of the body by an accident
 - 私は故意にそれをやったのではない ⇨ I didn’t do it on purpose
 - 子供が下校途中に交通事故に遭った ⇨ A child got involved in a traffic accident on his way home from school
 - 皆で故人を偲んだ ⇨ We all reminisced about the deceased
 - 人間は何故殺し合うのか ⇨ Why do humans kill each other?
 - 政府は原発事故の原因を調査している ⇨ The government is investigating the cause of the nuclear power plant accident
 - 事故があった模様です ⇨ It seems there was an accident
 - 追突事故 ⇨ A rear-end accident, collision
 - 事故の原因は現在調査中です ⇨ The cause of the accident is under investigation now