6 〈原因〉 from; because of; 《形式》 owing to
句例
顔色で知る know something from somebody's look
心臓まひで死ぬ die of [from] heart failure
風邪で寝ている be in bed with a cold
文例
昨夜は車の音で少しも眠れなかった. I couldn’t sleep at all last night for [because of] the noise of traffic. / Traffic noise kept me awake all last night.
私は病気で学校を欠席した. I took the day off school because I was ill.
New College Japanese-English Dictionary, 4th edition (C) Kenkyusha Ltd. 1933,1995,1998 |