理由

Chinese
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
follow; from; it is for...to
follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
simp. and trad.
(理由)		 理 由

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 理(り)由(ゆう) (riyū).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

理由

  1. reason; grounds; justification

Synonyms

References
  1. 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 660

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
理 由
り
Grade: 2		 ゆう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) りゆう [rìyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

理(り)由(ゆう) • (riyū) ←りいう (riiu)?

  1. a reason
    • 2016 April 23, “弱(じゃく)者(しゃ)の消(しょう)耗(もう) [Consume the Meek]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
      「それはなぜ破(は)壊(かい)するのかだと？それがそうするからだ。理(り)由(ゆう)を語(かた)るなど時(じ)間(かん)と呼(こ)吸(きゅう)の無(む)駄(だ)だ。」
      “Sore wa naze hakaisuru no ka da to? Sore ga sō suru kara da. Riyū o kataru nado jikan to kokyū no muda da.”
      “Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath.”
  2. a motive
See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
理 由
わけ
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 理由 – see the following entry.
【わけ】
[noun] 訳, 理由: reason (for), cause
Alternative spelling
訳
(This term, 理由, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
理由

Noun

理由 • (iyu) (hangeul 이유)

  1. Hanja form? of 이유 (“(South Korea) reason”).

Noun

理由 • (riyu) (hangeul 리유)

  1. Hanja form? of 리유 (“(North Korea) reason”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
理由

Noun

理由

  1. chữ Hán form of lí do/lý do (“reason; cause; excuse; justification”).
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