なぜ欠席したか理由を言いなさい。

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なぜ 欠席した か 理由 を 言い なさい 。

English Translation

Tell me why he was absent.

Furigana

なぜ欠席(けっせき)したか理由(りゆう)を言(い)いなさい。

Romanji

Naze kessekishita ka riyū o ii nasai.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

欠席 (けっせき)

absence; non-attendance

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

為さる (なさる)

to do

Kanji

欠

Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く

Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

席

Readings: セキ、 むしろ

Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

由

Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る

Meanings: wherefore, a reason

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word