所為: 20 Terms and Phrases

• 所為
• act
• deed
• one's doing
• cause
• reason
• fault
• conduct

• 所為か
• it may be because

• の所為で
• because of
• owing to
• due to

• 気の所為
• in one's imagination

• 所為にする
• to lay the blame on
• to put the fault on

• それは実際君の所為である。
• It is in fact your fault.

• 「江月照松風吹　永夜清宵何所為」
• The moon lights the cove, the wind blows through pine trees. Why does this holy night exist, which seems to be forever?'

• 天魔の所為か」（『玉葉』）と驚愕している。
• Is it because of a demon?' ('Gyokuyo' (Diary of Kanezane KUJO)).

• 事態の展開に兼実は「天魔の所為なり」と唖然としている。
• FUJIWARA no Kanezane was stunned by an unexpected turn of events and said, 'it is an act of the evil spirit.'

• この措置について九条兼実は、「天魔の所為なり」（『玉葉』）と評している。
• Kanezane KUJO called this measure 'the work of a devil ('Gyokuyo')

• ただし江戸時代に水戸光圀が編纂させた『大日本史』の段階から「疑ふらくは、和歌者流好事家の所為に出でしなり。
• However, 'Dai-Nihon shi' (A History of Great Japan) edited by Mitsukuni MITO in Edo period, comments that 'it was probably created by Waka lovers.

• で、その幽霊の頸のまわりや背中を下に垂れ下がっていた髪の毛は、年齢（とし）の所為（せい）でもあるように白くなっていた。
• Its hair, which hung about its neck and down its back, was white as if with age;

• 前任者の忠親は「希代之例也」（『山槐記』）と驚愕し、九条兼実は「物狂之至也、非人臣之所為」（『玉葉』）と激しく非難している。
• Tadachika, his predecessor, was surprised and recorded 'extremely rare case' ('Sankaiki' (diary by Tadachika NAKAYAMA)), and Kanezane KUJO was bitter with blame, saying 'This is crazy. It cannot be an act of a subject.' ('Gyokuyo').

• そして禅杖をもって「作麼生（そもさん）何の所為ぞ」と頭を叩くと、たちまち僧の体が氷が解けるように消え、あとには骨と頭の上の青頭巾だけが残った。
• So, he takes his Zen stick and strikes the abbot's head with it, saying, 'What do you live for? (What is the reason for your existence in this world?),' and the body of the abbot dissolves instantly like ice melts, along with the bones, leaving only the blue hood that had been on his head.

• 農民5名が「暴動首魁ノ所為」、雲龍寺住職1名が「暴動教唆ノ所為」、農民17名が「扇動の所為」で、それぞれ重罪、残りの28名は軽罪で起訴された。
• Five peasants were charged with collective rioting and Unryu-ji Temple's chief priest was charged with masterminding a riot and seventeen peasants were charged with fomenting a riot, and the rest of twenty-eight peasants were charged with a minor offense.

• 後白河は頼朝に「天魔の所為」と弁明するが（『吾妻鏡』11月15日条、『玉葉』11月26日条）、頼朝は院の独裁を掣肘するために廟堂改革要求を突きつける。
• Goshirakawa explained to Yoritomo that it was 'the act of evil spirits' (the item of November 15 of 'Azuma kagami' [The Mirror of the East], the item of November 26 of 'Gyokuyo' [Diary of Kanezane]), but Yoritomo thrusted a demand for the mouseleum hall reform to check dictatorship of the retired emperor.

• というものはこの事件はどの点から見ても、五十名の寄宿生が新来の教師某氏（ぼうし）を軽侮（けいぶ）してこれを翻弄（ほんろう）しようとした所為（しょい）とより外（ほか）には認められんのであります。
• Because, viewed from whatever angle, this incident cannot be other than an attempt by those fifty students in the dormitory to make a fool of a new teacher.

• 二人の祖父である北条泰時は「各々将来御後見の器なり」、つまり二人とも将来執権になろうという者であるのに、経時は「諸御家人の事に対し、爭か好悪を存ぜんか。所為太だ軽骨なり、暫く前に来るべからず」と怒り。
• Their grandfather, Yasutoki HOJO got angry and said, 'each of them is to be a regent in the future. There is no need to get involved in the vassals' argument. Tsunetoki's behavior was quite thoughtless, and he should be confined to his residence for a while.'

• 「米を蓄るときは鼠喰或は虫付、ふけ米等の出来て減ずること多きも、金を蓄ふるときは、利息出来て、増すこと多きが故に、年貢も金納を多くし、米を払ひて、金にするを良とするとは、小人の利術にして、君子の所為にあらず。」
• When storing rice, it often decreases by being infested with rats or insects, or by being damaged, but when storing money, it often increases with interest, and thus, nengu (annual tribute, land tax) is paid more by money by exchanging rice with money, which, however, is the way of a man of stupid, not a man of virtue.'

• これについては、パスネットやトランパスでは、鉄道営業法第29条ノ1にある「有効ノ乗車券ナクシテ乗車シタルトキ（＝有効な乗車券を持たずに乗車したとき）」（ここでは初乗り運賃に満たない時）に「鉄道係員ノ許諾ヲ受ケスシテ左ノ所為ヲ為シタル者ハ50円以下ノ罰金又ハ科料ニ処ス（＝鉄道係員の許諾を受けないで左記の行為を行った者は50円以下～実際は1万円以上2万円以下～の罰金または科料に処する）」という条文に則っているためだが、スルッとKANSAIを含む関西の鉄道事業者が発行するカード（JR西日本のJスルーを含む）では、これを国土交通省に届け出て「特例扱い」（鉄道係員の許諾を受けている）としているため、カード残額が初乗り運賃に満たなくても入場可能となっている。
• Regarding the above, using Passnet or Tran-Pass, according to Railway Operation Act Clause 29, 1, there is a fine of under 50 yen, in fact more than 10,000 yen, less than 20,000 yen to the passenger who gets onto the train without having a sufficient ticket whose value is more than the base rate, and without letting train staff know; however, Surutto KANSAI is an exception and allows this, since their cards (including those issued by other member companies, including J-Thru of JR West) are permitted as an exception by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (it is considered that the passengers have informed the railway staff).