げんいん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. cause; origin; source
Pitch accent
んいん
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
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.