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Chinese
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to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
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follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone)
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simp. and trad. (理由)
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理
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Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理由 (riyū).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
理由
- reason; grounds; justification
Synonyms
- 來由/来由 (láiyóu)
- 原因 (yuányīn)
- 因由 (yīnyóu)
- 因端 (Hokkien)
- 因致端 (Hokkien)
- 基因 (jīyīn) (dated)
- 張本/张本 (zhāngběn) (literary)
- 成因 (chéngyīn)
- 所以然 (suǒyǐrán)
- 根由 (gēnyóu)
- 緣故/缘故 (yuángù)
- 緣由/缘由 (yuányóu)
- 緣起/缘起 (yuánqǐ)
- 肇因 (zhàoyīn)
- 言因 (Anxi Hokkien)
- 說道/说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
- 起因 (qǐyīn)
- 道理 (dàolǐ)
- 關係/关系
References
- ^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 660
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
理由 • (riyū) ←りいう (riiu)?
- a reason
2016 April 23, “弱者の消耗 [Consume the Meek]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
- 「それはなぜ破壊するのかだと?それがそうするからだ。理由を語るなど時間と呼吸の無駄だ。」
- “Sore wa naze hakaisuru no ka da to? Sore ga sō suru kara da. Riyū o kataru nado jikan to kokyū no muda da.”
- “Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath.”
- a motive
See also
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 理由 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 理由, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Noun
理由 • (iyu) (hangeul 이유)
- hanja form? of 이유 (“(South Korea) reason”)
Noun
理由 • (riyu) (hangeul 리유)
- hanja form? of 리유 (“(North Korea) reason”)
Vietnamese
Noun
理由
- chữ Hán form of lí do/lý do (“reason; cause; excuse; justification”).