ゆえ【故】
- 1〔理由〕a reason
- 彼は故なく家から追い出された
- He was driven out of his home without cause [any reason].
- 彼は故あって叔父の養子になった
- He was adopted by his uncle for 「a certain reason [some reason].(▼for a certain reasonは話し手に理由が分かっているとき,for some reasonは話し手に理由が分かっていないとき)
- 彼の沈黙は故なきことではない
- There is some reason for his silence./He has remained silent, and with reason.
- 2〔由緒〕
- 故ある人
- a person of good background
- 故ある家
- a family with a history
- 3〔…のために〕
- 悪天候ゆえに旅行は延期された
- 「Because of [On account of] the bad weather, the trip was postponed.
- 何ゆえにうそをついたのか
- Why did you lie?