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理り由ゆう

N4
りゆう riyuu
  1. reason
noun

Chinese meanings

理由;原因

Examples

  • 本ほん学がくに入にゅう学がくしたい理り由ゆうは何なにですか。
    What is the reason you want to enter this college?
    想进入本校的理由是什么?
  • 空そらが青あおく見みえる理り由ゆうを知しっているか。
    Do you know the reason why the sky looks blue?
    你知道天空看起来是蓝色的原因吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df83eb2b9c'); // 理由
{
  "id": "df83eb2b9c",
  "word": "理由",
  "reading": "りゆう",
  "romaji": "riyuu",
  "meanings": [
    "reason"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1550140,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "本学に入学したい理由は何ですか。",
      "furigana": "{本学|ほんがく}に{入学|にゅうがく}したい{理由|りゆう}は{何|なに}ですか。",
      "en": "What is the reason you want to enter this college?",
      "tatoeba_id": 81592
    },
    {
      "ja": "空が青く見える理由を知っているか。",
      "furigana": "{空|そら}が{青|あお}く{見|み}える{理由|りゆう}を{知|し}っているか。",
      "en": "Do you know the reason why the sky looks blue?",
      "tatoeba_id": 179483
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "7c904d9b96824216f49b943809fb6e42c1507b8309431ea329f33d341b9cc540",
    "meanings": [
      "理由",
      "原因"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "本学に入学したい理由は何ですか。",
        "zh": "想进入本校的理由是什么?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "空が青く見える理由を知っているか。",
        "zh": "你知道天空看起来是蓝色的原因吗?"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/df83eb2b9c",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3e5695ad697f694f3029c5bb22624d21f6abac2e6dffb635e51bf2f957ffb03c"
  }
}