訳
わけ
reason, the way things are
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Examples
その訳を教えてください。
そのわけをおしえてください。
Please tell me the reason.
彼が怒った訳がわかりません。
かれがおこったわけがわかりません。
I don't understand why he got angry.
そういう訳で、今日は早く帰ります。
そういうわけで、きょうははやくかえります。
For that reason, I'm going home early today.
Common patterns
- そういう訳で
- for that reason
- 訳がわからない
- to make no sense
- 〜という訳だ
- so that means ~
Memory tip
Read わけ it is "reason, how things stand", and it is usually written in kana. The same kanji read やく means "translation" (翻訳), which is a different word entirely.
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