owing toの意味と使い方！例文もまとめ！

owing toの意味や使い方を知りたいときはないでしょうか。

けど、そんな中で悩むことは、

・「owing to」の意味がわからない
・「owing to」の使い方がわからない

ですよね。
今回はそんなお悩みを解決する

・「owing to」の意味と使い方
・「owing to」の例文

についてまとめます！

owing toの意味とは？

owing toは、「～のために、～のせいで」という意味を持ちます。

主に原因や理由を表す接続詞として使われ、前置詞としても使用されます。

文脈によっては、「～によって、～に由来して」という意味も含まれます。

例えば、

– He couldn’t attend the meeting, owing to his bad health.
（彼は体調不良のため会議に出席できなかった）
– Owing to the heavy rain, the match was postponed.
（大雨のため、試合は延期された）
– The delay was owing to technical difficulties.
（遅れは技術的な問題が原因だった）

owing toの構文は？

“owing to”は原因を表す接続詞で、以下のような構文があります。

Owing to + 名詞/名詞句
例：Owing to bad weather, the game was canceled.

Owing to + 動詞のing形
例：Owing to his being unwell, he couldn’t attend the meeting.

Owing to + 形容詞
例：Owing to his careless attitude, he lost his job.

Owing to + 前置詞句
例：Owing to a lack of funding, the project was postponed.

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“owing to”は書き言葉で使用されることが多く、口語では”due to”や”because of”がよく使われます。また、”owing to”の後には文が続かないため、文頭に置くことが多いです。

owing toの7つの例文と日本語訳

owing toの例文7つ紹介します。

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音声再生ボタンを押すと、英語で英文を読み上げます。

Owing to the bad weather, the football match was postponed.

悪天候のため、フットボールの試合は延期された。

Owing to his hard work, he was promoted to manager.

彼の努力のおかげで、彼はマネージャーに昇進した。

Owing to the lack of funds, the project was cancelled.

資金不足のため、このプロジェクトは中止されました。

Owing to her illness, she was unable to attend the meeting.

彼女の病気のため、彼女は会議に出席できませんでした。

Owing to the traffic, he was late for his appointment.

交通渋滞のため、彼は約束に遅れました。

Owing to his criminal record, he was denied entry into the country.

彼の犯罪歴のため、彼は国に入ることを断られました。

Owing to the pandemic, many businesses had to shut down.

パンデミックのため、多くのビジネスが閉鎖しなければなりませんでした。

owing toを覚える

owing toをキニナリメソッドで覚えていきましょう。

owing toを復唱し耳から覚える

owing toを7回繰り返し復唱し耳から覚えていきましょう。

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音声再生ボタンを押して、そのあとに同じ発音で読み合せてください。

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owing toの例文を復唱する

owing toの例文を3回繰り返して復唱しましょう。

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owing toの箇所を意識し、日本語訳を思い出しながら復唱してみてください。

Owing to the bad weather, the football match was postponed.
Owing to the bad weather, the football match was postponed.
Owing to the bad weather, the football match was postponed.

Owing to his hard work, he was promoted to manager.
Owing to his hard work, he was promoted to manager.
Owing to his hard work, he was promoted to manager.

Owing to the lack of funds, the project was cancelled.
Owing to the lack of funds, the project was cancelled.
Owing to the lack of funds, the project was cancelled.

Owing to her illness, she was unable to attend the meeting.
Owing to her illness, she was unable to attend the meeting.
Owing to her illness, she was unable to attend the meeting.

Owing to the traffic, he was late for his appointment.
Owing to the traffic, he was late for his appointment.
Owing to the traffic, he was late for his appointment.

Owing to his criminal record, he was denied entry into the country.
Owing to his criminal record, he was denied entry into the country.
Owing to his criminal record, he was denied entry into the country.

Owing to the pandemic, many businesses had to shut down.
Owing to the pandemic, many businesses had to shut down.
Owing to the pandemic, many businesses had to shut down.