왜냐하면

Romanisation: waenyahamyeon

because; the reason is

Example sentence

집에 있어요. 왜냐하면 피곤하기 때문이에요.

Jibe isseoyo. Waenyahamyeon pigonhagi ttaemunieyo.

I'm staying home. Because I'm tired.

What 왜냐하면 means

왜냐하면 (waenyahamyeon) is a Korean word meaning “because; the reason is”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.

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