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原げん因いん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. cause; origin; source
Kanji used
原
original
因
cause
Pitch accent
げ
んいん
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Conjugations...Used in: 4959
Composed of
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
cause unknown
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
source, cause of an accident
principal cause
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
cause and effect; causality
causative microorganism; pathogenic bacteria; pathogen
occasionalism
cause analysis; causal analysis; diagnosis
definitive therapy
actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
Examples (78 in total)
What was the cause of the explosion?
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The cause of the fire was known.
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