reason

/ˈriːzən/

意味: 理由、理性

例文: The reason for the delay was traffic.
　　  遅延の理由は交通渋滞だった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: good reason(正当な理由), main reason(主な理由), give a reason(理由を述べる)

定義: 理由、原因、または説明を指します。何かが起こる理由や、誰かが何かをする理由を説明するために使われます。人々が行動を取る際の動機や、出来事の背後にある論理的な説明を示す言葉です。

reasonは約5,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a rational motive for a belief or action
Noun: an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
Noun: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
Noun: the state of having good sense and sound judgment
Noun: a justification for something existing or happening
Noun: a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
Verb: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
Verb: present reasons and arguments
Verb: think logically

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I can’t find a reason for his absence.(彼の不在の理由が見つかりません。)
There is a good reason to try again.(もう一度挑戦する良い理由があります。)
She explained the reason behind her decision.(彼女は決断の理由を説明しました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the reason that war was declared
Noun: the grounds for their declaration
Noun: the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly
Noun: we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
Noun: his rationality may have been impaired
Noun: he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
Noun: he had no cause to complain
Noun: they had good reason to rejoice
Noun: there is reason to believe he is lying
Verb: We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
Verb: The children must learn to reason

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): argue, cause, conclude, ground, grounds, intellect, rationality, reason, reason out, reasonableness, understanding

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): explanation, fact, faculty, justification, present, rational motive, sanity, think

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accounting, argue, associate, attention, brainstorm, case, cause, chew over, concentrate, defense, definition, deriving, detail, disincentive, evaluate, explication, exposition, general, give, gloss, incentive, interpretation, justification, language, lucidity, matter of fact, memory, observation, particular, philosophize, plan, puzzle over, rationality, rationalize, reason, score, sense, simplification, spin, study, think, think about, truth, volition, walk-through

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): calculate, categorize, contraindication, deduce, defend, expostulate, find, gather, generalize, indication, induce, occasion, ratiocinate, rationalize away, re-argue, score, speculate, syllogize, theorize, why

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: arguable, arguer, argument, argumentation, causal, cause, conclusion, conclusive, ground, rational, reason, reasonable, reasoner, reasoning

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): re

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive