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Grammar detail: よって

よって  therefore; because (Kansai-ben)
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In addition to its common use in the form 〜によって, よって can be used to begin a sentence, in which case it simply means 'therefore ...' or 'as a result ...'.
よって
どうろ
道路
こうつう
交通
ほう
さだ
しゃりょう
車両
など
うんてん
運転
した
もの
さけ
じょうたい
状態
がいとう
該当
する
もの
5
ねん
いじょう
以上
ちょうえき
懲役
または
ひゃく
100
まん
えん
いじょう
以上
ばっきん
罰金
せられます

Thus, under the Road Traffic Act, people who ride bicycles in a state of intoxication will be subject to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of more than 1000,000 yen.
In Kansai-ben (the dialect of Japanese spoken in the Kansai region), よって (or さかい) may be used as conjunctions meaning 'because', in place of the Hyojungo (standard Japanese) から and ので.
Hyojungoこのおせんべいおいしいから、食べてみて。
Kansai-benこのおせんべいおいしいよって、食べてみ。
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Kanji used in this grammar

ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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ロ   -じ street   
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コウ   mix; mixed   まぜる to mix, stir   まざる    まじる to be mixed together   まじえる to mix, intersperse   まじわる to intersect   か to take turns   かわす to exchange   
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ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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ホウ   ハッ   ホッ    method   
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テイ   ジョウ   determined   さだ decidedly, truly   さだめる to decide, determine   さだまる to be determined   
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シャ   くるま car   
リョウ    both   
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トウ   ひとしい equal, similar   
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ウン   carry; luck   はこ to carry   
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テン   ころがる to roll (intr.)   ころがす to roll (tr.)   ころげる to roll about   ころ to fall over   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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シュ   さけ    さか- sake   
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スイ   drunk   よ to be drunk, feel sick   
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ジョウ    condition, circumstances   
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タイ    condition, appearance   
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ガイ    above-stated   
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トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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ネン   とし year   
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イ    (prefix) or   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
チョウ   こりる to learn from experience   こらす    こらしめる to punish   
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ヤク   エキ    office, role; service   
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マン   バン    10,000   
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エン    circle, yen   まる round   
バツ   バチ    punishment, penalty   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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カ    department   
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