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.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 3
겨우
gyeou
only then; barely
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
원래
wollae
originally; it turns out
어쩔 수 없이
eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually