ゆえに
therefore; hence (formal, written)
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Examples
我思う、ゆえに我あり。
われおもう、ゆえにわれあり。
I think, therefore I am.
証拠がない。ゆえに無罪である。
しょうこがない。ゆえにむざいである。
There is no evidence; hence he is innocent.
貧しいがゆえに進学をあきらめた人も多い。
まずしいがゆえにしんがくをあきらめたひともおおい。
Many gave up on further schooling precisely because they were poor.
若さゆえに犯した過ちだと、今では思う。
わかさゆえにおかしたあやまちだと、いまではおもう。
I now think it was a mistake made out of sheer youth.
Common patterns
- ~がゆえに
- precisely because ~
- ゆえに~である
- hence ~ is so
- それゆえに
- for that reason
Memory tip
Highly literary. Besides starting a sentence, it appears as ~がゆえに / 名詞+ゆえに, which stresses that this very quality is the cause — 若さゆえの失敗 is a failure that came from being young.
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