せい
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
often ...のせい
It's because a lot of things happened.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
because of; owing to; due to
it may be because
(just) one's imagination
Examples (68 in total)
This is your fault.
Is that my fault?
It's not my fault!
Are you saying this is my fault?
It wasn't your fault.
Whose fault is it?
It is all my fault.
I am sorry, It's all my fault.
It's probably my fault.
It's not the director's fault, is it?
It is probably because the air is clear.
It must be because of the high fever.
I overslept because I stayed up late.
It's my fault, not yours.
It's all your fault.
It's because a lot of things happened.
It wasn't our fault. Believe me.
I want to believe it is because the soil is soft.
It's not your fault, really.
It's because of my tiny pride.
Are you responsible for this mess?
It's not Tom's fault.
Your headache comes from overwork.
First of all, this is not your fault!
Their late arrival was owing to the rain.
This failure is due to your mistake.
That was because my watch was five minutes slow.
The school's closure was due to the snow.
I don't know if it was intentional or due to the environment.
The accident was due to bad driving.
He blamed the failure on his brother.
I had a terrible time because I trusted that guy.
Because I bumped it, the car door got bent out of shape.
Was it because I had been absorbed in unnecessary thoughts?
The reason you feel that way is probably due to the power of wealth.
It is probably because there are no shops or buildings around.
It is probably partly because they are watching quietly.
Tears came out because sand got into my eyes.
Perhaps because of the time, the cafe was empty.
Is the fact that my hair is sticking up a little also due to stress?
"Why is Mary crying?" "Because of you."
I'm sure that Ted's cough is due to smoking.
Is it the vacuum cleaner's fault that the room is dusty?
My back hurts because I fell asleep on the floor yesterday.
He attributed his success to good luck.
There may be a mental aspect to it, but it is mainly due to the diet.
Because the shape was so unusual, I didn't notice it at all.
Because I had been lost in thought, I had completely forgotten to be considerate.
It was probably because I was made to hear unbelievable stories one after another.
Perhaps that's the reason why Tom isn't here today.
It turns out that I lost my memory because I hit my head.
It may also be because life with my parents remains only as a faint memory.
It may be because I have been dealing with nothing but serious problems recently.
We think that the narrow road was responsible for the accident.
Was it because everything that had happened had left me so dispirited?
The reason your eyes and nose are pink is probably because you have been crying for a long time.
Also, I am just a little tired because I have been bustling about since the other day.
That's why you feel sick and your hair is falling out.
Partly due to the heat, sweat is streaming down.
It would be scary if that caused the club itself to be abolished.
At the moment they think that the accident is due to his carelessness.
It's not so much the heat as the humidity that makes me tired.
The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.
Because I took the wrong road, it turned into a terrible fuss, didn't it?
But because I was having a scary dream, the sense that this is reality is faint.
Partly due to the clothes, he also looks like just a clumsy child.
It seemed that he had become special because he possessed such an amazing thing.
It may be that the working environment is starting to deteriorate because the number of personnel at the station has decreased.