N31656/1669

所せ為い

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

せい

consequence, outcome, result, blame, fault

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Example sentences

遅刻ちこくしたのは電車でんしゃが遅おくれたせいだ。

Being late was because of the train delay.

風邪かぜをひいたのは昨日きのうの雨あめに濡ぬれたせいかもしれない。

I might have caught a cold because I got wet in yesterday's rain.

全部ぜんぶ自分じぶんのせいにしないでください。

Please don't blame everything on yourself.

彼かれが失敗しっぱいしたのは準備不足じゅんびぶそくのせいで、誰だれのせいでもない。

His failure was due to lack of preparation; it's nobody else's fault.

年齢ねんれいのせいか、最近さいきん物事ものごとを覚おぼえるのが難むずかしくなってきた。

Perhaps because of my age, it has become harder to remember things lately.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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