Kanji · 漢字
故
Kun ゆえ、ふる.い、もと
On コ
happenstance
happenstance · especially · intentionally · reason · cause · circumstances · the late · therefore
N2
JLPT
9
strokes
#612
frequency
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例文 · examples
欠点ゆえにそれだけいっそう彼が好きだ。
I like him all the better for his faults.
彼の欠点のゆえにかえって人々は彼を好いた。
People liked him all the better for his faults.
みなさんはある種の特権を持つゆえに相応の責任もあります。
You have certain privileges and therefore corresponding responsibilities.
ほとんど全ての人は治療で死に、病のゆえではない。
Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illness.
彼らは幼児の死亡率の低さは医学の進歩のゆえと考えた。
They attributed the low death rate of infants to the progress of medicine.