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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?
☆ なんでそんなをしなきゃいけないのか理由がらない ⇨ I don’t understand why I have to do something like that


More examples:
  • 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いない ⇨ Sentimentally I agree with their reasoning, but it is still illegal
  • 敗戦の理由を淡々語った ⇨ He calmly talked about the reasons he had lost the game
  • 日本教育は理由はえさせず、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
  • はっきりした理由はいけどでそう思ったんだ ⇨ There was no clear reason but I just got a hunch
  • やかんやと理由をつけてない ⇨ He makes all kinds of excuses and won’t come over
  • その会社選択された理由を開示してさい ⇨ Please disclose the reasons why that company has been chosen
  • 理由はともかく結果いことは否定出来ない ⇨ Whatever the reason was, you cannot deny the result was poor
  • 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
  • された理由がありそうだ ⇨ There seems to be a hidden reason, motive
  • 以上の理由で反対です ⇨ I disagree because of the reasons I have just mentioned
  • のかんのと理由をつけてない ⇨ He makes all kinds of excuses and won’t come over
  • がそうしたのには理由がある ⇨ There is a reason (for that) I did so
  • 怪我を理由に試合放棄した ⇨ He retired from the game due to an injury
  • 正当な理由 ⇨ A just, fair, morally correct, reason
  • 純粋科学的な理由でそう言っている ⇨ He is saying that from a purely scientific reason