なぜなら in Japanese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naze nara",
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    }
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          "english": "That is because it's old.",
          "roman": "Nazenara furui kara da.",
          "ruby": [
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              "古",
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          ],
          "text": "なぜなら古いからだ。",
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      ],
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        "何故なら: that is because; literally, “if (you ask) why”"
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      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "naze",
          "word": "なぜ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nara",
          "word": "なら"
        },
        {
          "roman": "datte",
          "word": "だって"
        },
        {
          "roman": "node",
          "word": "ので"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "なぜなら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ze̞ na̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なぜなら"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "naze nara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "なぜ なら"
      },
      "expansion": "なぜなら • (naze nara)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "roman": "naze",
      "word": "なぜ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nara",
      "word": "なら"
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      "roman": "datte",
      "word": "だって"
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      "word": "ので"
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          "english": "That is because it's old.",
          "roman": "Nazenara furui kara da.",
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            [
              "古",
              "ふる"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なぜなら古いからだ。",
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    {
      "other": "なぜなら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠ze̞ na̠ɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なぜなら"
}

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  "title": "なぜなら",
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"なぜなら" meaning in Japanese

Conjunction