故に

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
故
ゆえ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Conjunction

故(ゆえ)に • (yue ni) ←ゆゑに (yuweni)?

  1. therefore
    家(いえ)がまずしい故(ゆえ)に進学(しんがく)できない。
    Ie ga mazushii yue ni shingaku dekinai.
    His family is poor, so he can’t continue his education.
    我思(われおも)う、故(ゆえ)に我(われ)在(あ)り
    ware omou, yue ni ware ari
    I think, therefore I am

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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