わけ

Japanese

Etymology 1

    Alternative spellings

    理由

    Same as () (wake).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    わけ • (wakeわけ (wake)?

    1. : conclusion
    2. : meaning, sense, way
      (わけ)ではない(じゃない)
      wake de wa nai (ja nai)
      it is not because ..., it is not the case that ...
      S(エス)E(イー)Linux(リナックス) ()(たい)(もん)(だい)ある(わけ)ではありません。
      Esu-Ī-Rinakkusu jitai ni mondai ga aru wake de wa arimasen.
      This does not mean that there is a problem in SELinux itself.
      仕事(しごと)()わけではない。
      Shigoto ga suki na wake de wa nai.
      It is not that I like my work.
      あの()()か?」「んなわけねぇだろ!」
      “Ano ko suki ka?”“Nna wake nē daro!”
      "You like her?" "Hell no, of course not!"
      (わたし)(わか)たいわけ??
      Watashi to wakaretai wake??
      So you want to break up with me??
      (わけ)()からなすぎる
      wake ga wakaranasugiru
      totally baffling
      (literally, “the meaning is way too un-knowable”)
      • 2022 August 6, 倉井史也, “この暑い夏を乗り切ってこそ栄光が見えてくるってまるで受験生向けの言葉!? の巻”, in 超ワールドサッカー[1][2]:
        そうですよね、みんなやる()()がれてますよね。そんな(なか)、サッカー選手(せんしゅ)(はし)(まわ)ってるわけですよ。(あせ)だらだらなわけですよ。
        Sō desu yo ne, minna yaruki, sogaretemasu yo ne. Sonna naka, sakkā senshu wa hashirimawatteru wake desuyo. Ase daradara na wake desu yo.
        (please add an English translation of this example)
    3. , 理由: reason (for), cause
      というわけ()てきました。
      To iu wake de kattekimashita.
      And so I bought it.
      (literally, “[That] being the reason, I bought it.”)
    4. : circumstances

    See also

    Etymology 2

      Alternative spellings
      分け
      別け

      Pronunciation

      • (Tokyo) [wàkéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
      • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ke̞]

      Noun

      わけ • (wakeわけ (wake)?

      1. division; share
      2. (competition) tie

      Etymology 3

        Alternative spelling
        戯奴

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ke̞]

        Noun

        わけ • (wakeわけ (wake)?

        1. (obsolete) me
        2. (obsolete) you

        References

        1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN