What does 故 mean?
故 is a Japanese noun meaning “reason”, “cause” or “circumstances” in English. It is written as 故 in kanji, ゆえ in hiragana, and yue in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
私たちは事故のため二時間遅れた。
We were held up for two hours on account of the accident.