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JLPT N2

Edit mahoujin tsukai

Meaning

Put blame on

Edit mahoujin tsukai

Formation

Phrases

ナチスは、このよのすべてのあくをユダヤじんのせいにした。

The Nazis blamed all the evil in this world on the Jewish people.

Edit #5926 mahoujin

たのひとのせいにしないでくれない？

Would you stop blaming other people?

Edit #6740 nickm758

かれはびんぼうなのをふうんのせいにする。

He ascribes his poverty to bad luck.

Edit #8419 karekano

かのじょはしっぱいをわたしのせいにした。

She put her failure to my carelessness.

Edit #8420 karekano

Discussion and comments

Are the kanjis for せいに these ones?:
所為【せい】 (n) (uk) cause, reason, fault, (P)

赤毛

Yes. Although they are not used (never saw them before, except in dictionaries).

karekano