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Japanese
Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
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訳 理由
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Same as 分け (wake).
Pronunciation
Noun
わけ • (wake) ←わけ (wake)?
- 訳: conclusion
- 訳: meaning, sense
- 訳ではない(じゃない)
- wake de wa nai (ja nai)
- it is not because ..., it is not the case that ...
- SELinux 自体に問題がある訳ではありません。
- Esu-Ī-Rinakkusu jitai ni mondai ga aru wake de wa arimasen.
- This does not mean that there is a problem in SELinux itself.
- 仕事が好きなわけではない。
- Shigoto ga suki na wake de wa nai.
- It is not that I like my work.
- 「あの子好きか?」「んなわけねぇだろ!」
- “Ano ko suki ka?”“Nna wake nē daro!”
- "You like her?" "Hell no, of course not!"
- 私と別れたいわけ??
- Watashi to wakaretai wake??
- So you want to break up with me??
- 訳が分からなすぎる
- wake ga wakaranasugiru
- totally baffling
- (literally, “the meaning is way too un-knowable”)
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- そうですよね、みんなやる気、削がれてますよね。そんな中、サッカー選手は走り回ってるわけですよ。汗だらだらなわけですよ。
- Sō desu yo ne, minna yaruki, sogaretemasu yo ne. Sonna naka, sakkā senshu wa hashirimawatteru wake desuyo. Ase daradara na wake desu yo.
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 訳, 理由: reason (for), cause
- というわけで買ってきました。
- To iu wake de kattekimashita.
- And so I bought it.
- (literally, “ being the reason, I bought it.”)
- 訳: circumstances
See also
Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
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分け 別け
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Pronunciation
Noun
わけ • (wake) ←わけ (wake)?
- division; share
- (competition) tie
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
わけ • (wake) ←わけ (wake)?
- (obsolete) me
- (obsolete) you
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