Kanji Details:
- 故
- Frequency:612
- Kun: ゆえ, ふる.い, もと
- On: コ
- Meaning: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 事故 じこ accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons 故障 こしょう break-down, failure, fault, accident, out of order 故郷 こきょう, ふるさと, きゅうり home town, birthplace, old village, historic village, native place, one's old home 故人 こじん the deceased, old friend 交通事故 こうつうじこ traffic accident 故意 こい intention, purpose, bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind) 故国 ここく one's native land 故に ゆえに therefore, consequently 故事 こじ origin, historical fact, tradition 縁故 えんこ relation, connection, affinity