이유

iyu · [이유]

reason · excuse · account

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. reasonThe cause or reason of a certain result.
  2. excuse; accountA pretense or explanation to avoid the responsibility for a happening.

Written Forms

이유Hangul
理由Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Connect sentences and explain the reason as you write.

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The first sentence is the reason, and the second sentence is the result.

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Representative examples are '-a/eo-seo' (because) and '-ni-kka' (because), which are used when explaining a reason.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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