Ok, I've come across a few expressions involving the word わけ （訳）such as わけではない, to indicate that something differs from a notion the listener may have; わけがない, to indicate that there is no sense in something, and just ending the sentence with わけだ to indicate a conclusion. I was wondering how many more of these わけ expressions there are, and what they are.
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I've edited to switch references to わけ rather than 訳. Writing this and things like はず in kana much more common in contemporary Japanese. Though, I think your question might end up being too broad / reference only if you want people just to list uses of わけ– virmaiorApr 26, 2014 at 2:02
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1Oh, ok, thanks. I just like the way the kanji looks :P.– KingPumpkinApr 26, 2014 at 2:03
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2We all do, but it drives the native speakers crazy at times. hehehe...If you're interested in learning more about when to use them and when to leave them off, that's addressed a bit here: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/15141/…– KajiApr 26, 2014 at 2:17
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In addition to what you've got listed there's also:
- わけが分からない, indicating that you don't know why something is happening
- もうしわけない／もうしわけありません, which is a formal way of apologizing (literally translated, it means "there is no excuse [for what happened]")
