なぜなら

Japanese

Alternative forms
  • なぜならば (naze naraba)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) な​ぜなら [náꜜzè nàrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ze̞ na̠ɾa̠]

Conjunction

なぜなら • (naze nara) 

  1. 何故なら: that is because; literally, “why, because [...]!”
    なぜなら古(ふる)いからだ。
    Nazenara furui kara da.
    That is because it's old.

Usage notes
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) appears at the beginning of a sentence just to signal that a reason is given in the following sentence. It is always paired with some form of "because" at the end of the sentence such as からだ (kara da), から (kara), ので (node) etc., and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) itself is not obligatory. Related to なぜかというと (nazeka to iu to) and somewhat less formal.

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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