Illustration: At the lowered entrance of a Japanese home, a child has one shoe on and holds the other foot suspended, unable to finish getting ready. A parent kneels and tilts the remaining shoe toward them, revealing a tiny kitten curled firmly inside it.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

わけ

wake

reason

Example sentences

  1. そういうわけで私わたしはこんなに早はやく帰かえって来きたのです。

    That’s why I came back so soon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは訳わけもなく悲かなしくなった。

    I felt sad for no reason.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. わけは聞きかないで。

    Don’t ask me why.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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