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Grammar detail: わけ

わけ  reason
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わけ is a useful and very common word used to indicate the reason for something. It can be encountered as part of several different constructions.
The most straightforward usage is to directly explain a reason:
そういうわけから
わたし
きみ
いっしょ
一緒
けない

Such being the case, I can't go with you.
Depending on context, this can mean 'of course' such and such is the case.
いくじ
育児
する
ひと
ほか
いないから
しごと
仕事
やす
まざる
えないわけ
There is nobody else to look after my child, so of course I have no choice but to take time off work.
かいがん
海岸
ちか
いえ
てて
ひがい
被害
あう
とうぜん
当然
わけ
Building a house near the seaside, of course you're going to experience damage.
よく
べんきょう
勉強
している
ので
しけん
試験
とお
わけ
I'm studying hard, so of course I'll pass the exam.
わけ + ない meaning 'no reason' can be used to mean 'impossible', 'there's no way that'.
わけないでしょう
There's no way I'm going.
いう (to say) + わけ is the origin of the term
わけ
meaning 'an excuse'.
Note: わけ can be written in kanji as 訳 in any of these forms, although it is more common to see the kana form.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ヤク   translate; reason   わけ reason, explanation   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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クン   きみ you   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ショ   チョ   お strap, thong   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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イク   そだ to grow up   そだてる    はぐく to raise, to rear   
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ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
タ   ほか other   
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
キュウ   やす to rest   やすまる to be rested   やすめる to suspend (use etc.)   
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カイ   うみ ocean   
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ガン   きし coast, shore, banks   
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キン   ちか close   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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ケン   コン   た to be built   たてる to build   
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ヒ   こうむ to suffer, to incur, to receive   
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ガイ    damaged, injured   
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トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ベン    exertion   
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キョウ   ゴウ   つよ strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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シ   ため to test   こころみる to attempt   
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ケン   ゲン    verification   
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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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