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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

昨日欠席した理由を言いなさい。

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昨日 欠席した 理由 言い なさい

English Translation

Give me the reason for which you were absent yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)欠席(けっせき)した理由(りゆう)()いなさい。

Romanji

Kinō kessekishita riyū o ii nasai.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
欠席 (けっせき)
absence; non-attendance
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

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
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