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 理由 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)()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
()
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
()
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

Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Readings: セキ、 むしろ
Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る
Meanings: wherefore, a reason
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word