► 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:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼は純粋に科学的な理由でそう言っている ⇨ He is saying that from a purely scientific reason
- 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
- 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
- 彼に車を使わせて上げる理由など無い ⇨ There is no reason that I should let him use my car
- 正当な理由 ⇨ A just, fair, morally correct, 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼は本当の理由を明かした ⇨ He revealed the real reason
- 彼は宗教上の理由で断食している ⇨ He is fasting because of the religious reasons
- 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