訳

• 読み: わけ
• ローマ字: wake
• 漢字の分解: 訳 (yaku/wake) — reason, translate, meaning
• 発音: /wa.ke/

意味

Reason; explanation; meaning. The underlying cause or logic behind something.

A highly versatile word used in many grammar patterns. わけがない means 'there is no way that...' わけにはいかない means 'cannot possibly do...' and わけではない means 'it is not the case that...' On its own, it means 'reason' or 'explanation,' as in 訳を聞く (to ask for an explanation). Usually written in hiragana in grammar patterns.

例文

1. どういうわけか、今日はお客さんが少ない。
2. 忙しいからといって、休まないわけにはいかない。
3. 怒っているわけではありません。

使い方ガイド

場面: explanations, reasoning, grammar patterns

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 訳 combines 言 (words/speech) and 尺 (a measure), suggesting the act of measuring or explaining the meaning of words.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal