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Grammar list

ゆえに

(Yueni)

because / therefore (literary).

Connection rules

  • +V plain / i-adj + (が)ゆえに; na-adj + (な / である) + (が)ゆえに; noun + の + ゆえに.
  • +Literary / archaic register — rarely used in modern speech.
  • +Common in legal, philosophical, and academic writing.

Examples

1.
我われ思おもう、ゆえに我われあり。

Ware omou, yueni ware ari.

I think, therefore I am.

「because / therefore (literary)」

2.
若わかさゆえに、失敗しっぱいすることもある。

Waka sa yue ni, shippai suru koto mo aru.

Because of youth, one sometimes fails.

「because / therefore (literary)」

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