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Happenstance Accident Reason Taskmaster 故 コ ゆえ、ふる.い、もと Intentionally

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi ゆえ、ふる.い、もと
English happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Examples 事故(じこ): (1) accident; incident; trouble (2) circumstances; reasons
故障(こしょう): break-down; failure; fault; accident; out of order
何故(なぜ): why; how
故人(こじん): the deceased; old friend
何故なら(なぜなら): because
故(こ): the late (deceased)
故(ゆえ): reason; cause; circumstances
其れ故(それゆえ): therefore; for that reason; so
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 612
Components 古: old
攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 66
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword happenstance
Koohii Story 1 An OLD TASKMASTER is no happenstance (coincidence). The older you get the more rigid in your ways.
Koohii Story 2 Need to disambiguate from enemy (#443) as it´s easy to mix up antique and old here. Let´s think of an accidental president -- he is an old taskmaster who has managed to win the election by happenstance .

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq501-750

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