- 所為
- しょい
act
deed
one's doing
せい
cause
reason
fault* * *せい【所為】〔ため, わけ, ゆえ, 責任, 原因, 理由〕◇ → …の所為にする◇ → …の所為で* * *Iしょい【所為】=しわざ.IIせい【所為】〔原因・理由〕 a consequence; a result; an outcome; 〔影響〕 influence; an effect.●…のせいである be due to…; be attributable to…; be caused by…; be the result of….
●年のせいで because of [owing to] one's age
・年のせいで腰が曲がる be bent with age
・陽気のせいで under the influence of [due to] the weather.
●頭痛を天候のせいにする put one's headache down to the weather
・人のせいにする put [pin] the blame on somebody else; blame somebody else 《for one's own mistake》
・失敗を不運のせいにする attribute [ascribe, impute] one's failure to bad luck; put one's failure down to bad luck.
●目がかすむのは疲れのせいだ. Your hazy vision is due to fatigue.
・熱のせいか頭がふらふらする. I feel dizzy; it must be the fever.
・試合に負けたのは君のせいだ. It's your fault we lost the game.
・皆私のせいです. It's all my fault.
・それは気のせいだ. You just think it's so. | It's all in your mind. | It's just your imagination.
・だれのせいでもない, ただ運が悪かったんだね. It's no one's fault, just bad luck.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.