所為

しょい
act
deed
one's doing
せい
cause
reason
fault

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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

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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.