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なぜ
N5
Meanings
1
why (same as どうして)
2
why
3
how
4
for what reason
Example sentence
なぜ昨日休みましたか。
なぜ きのう やすみましたか。
Why were you absent yesterday?
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw なぜ in the wild?
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