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理り由ゆう
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Meanings
Noun
1. reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
Other readings
理わ由け
Kanji used
理logic由reason
Pitch accent
りゆう
Used in vocabulary
控こう訴そ理り由ゆう
grounds for an appeal
Noun
存そん在ざい理り由ゆう
reason for being; raison d'être
Noun
招しょうへい理り由ゆう書しょ
invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
Noun
改かい版はん理り由ゆう
reason for revision; reason for modification
Noun
志し望ぼう理り由ゆう書しょ
statement of purpose; essay/letter in university application form
Noun
充じゅう足そく理り由ゆう律りつ
principle of sufficient reason
Noun
判はん決けつ理り由ゆう
ratio decidendi; reason for a verdict
Noun
上じょう告こく理り由ゆう
ground for appeal
Noun
理り由ゆう付づけ
rationalization; justification
Noun
逮たい捕ほ理り由ゆう
reason for arrest
Noun
いかなる理り由ゆう
(for) any reason
Expression
Examples265
Why should I apologize to you?
The problem is important on that account.
She did not come for a certain reason.
I don't know the reason why she isn't coming.
That is why I could not come here.
This is the reason I came here.