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げんいん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. cause; origin; source
What is the cause of this uproar?
Alt. forms
原げん因いん
99%
げんいん
Pitch accent
げ
んいん
Conjugations...Used in: 7
Composed of
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
cause unknown
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
source, cause of an accident
9 more...
Examples (102 in total)
I might be the cause.
What was the cause of the explosion?
I have to investigate the cause of the illness.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
What's the root cause?
Please determine the cause.
The cause of the fire was known.
The cause is still unknown.
The cause of the fire was unknown.
We are looking into the cause of the accident.
What started the fire?
As a result of looking into it, we found the cause.
What is the cause of such a failure?
It is probably due to the phone call from my older sister yesterday.
What was the reason for the breakup?
What was the cause of your quarrel?
The committee inquired into the cause of the accident.
It is caused by stress at work.
So that was the cause of the water pollution.
I can't sleep because of the noise.
This is the cause of my recent slump.
The accident was due to his carelessness.
He got sick from overwork.
The cause of Tom's illness was overeating.
The water pressure caused the pipe to burst.
Tension is a major cause of heart disease.
The cause of his death was a car accident.
The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.
The real problem lies in his character.
There were a number of reasons for this accident.
What was the cause for this fight in the first place?
The cause of the accident was being investigated by the police.
At present, the cause of the disease is unknown.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
His death was owing to his reckless driving.
What accounts for these symptoms hasn't been discovered yet.
The same cause does not always give rise to the same effect.
What is the real cause of this tragedy?
This is because the form of war has changed.
Cause and effect react upon each other.
Reading shōjo manga all night was probably also a cause.
Common causes of stress are work and human relationships.
In the end, the cause of the nausea was never known.
Then, let's try tracing back the cause.
Idleness often accounts for poverty.
This mistake is due to his carelessness.
The cause of the traffic accident was reported by the police.
I think the cause lies with Tom.
Poverty often engenders crime.
Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.
Marriage is the main cause of all divorces.
What's the cause of my condition?
That forest fire happened from natural cause.
The immediate cause of his failure was lack of study.
The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.
Smog causes plants to die.
Gastroenteritis is often caused by the norovirus.
These infections were caused by contaminated milk.
What do you think has caused the present trade friction between Japan and the U.S.?
This has come about through several causes.
However, it is not possible to eliminate the cause.
We must make a close analysis of the causes of the accident.
The police are investigating the cause of the crash.
I feel uneasy about the very fact that the cause of the drowning is unknown.
We need measures to eliminate the causes of accidents.
Her behavior gave rise to rumors.
The same cause often gives rise to different effects.
We must find out the cause and get rid of it.
However, the possibility that genes that are too close are the cause cannot be denied.
His analysis of the causes of the uprising was correct.
His absence gave birth to all sorts of rumors.
He said he was feeling unwell, but there is no need to even think about the cause.
Unusually low temperatures account for the poor rice crop this year.
Excessive drinking is one of the causes of impotence.
Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer.
Their nationalism was one cause of the war.
Smoke coming from chimneys is a cause of air pollution.
Most car accidents occur due to the inattention of the driver.
We carry out some research into the causes of brain damage.
A fact-finding committee was set up to determine the cause of the incident.
They agreed to look into the causes of the accident.
There is another reason why her expression has not yet brightened.
This might be the cause, so let's try getting an appraisal just in case.
The cause of that suffering is hidden somewhere in this testimony.
I ask these questions by way of finding out the cause of the accident.
A lot of buildings collapsed in Japan due to the earthquake yesterday.
The Forensic Investigation Unit is trying to determine the cause of today's fire.
The root of the problem is a lack of communication between departments.
If we don't thoroughly examine the cause of bullying, bullying will probably never go away.
The fire was brought about by children's playing with matches.
Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.
Is the source of the erectile dysfunction of my husband the fact that he started drinking?
My wrist and forearm hurt, I think I might be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.
That is certainly true, but the fact that everyone's skills improved is also a cause.
The capable detective was assigned to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
The machine was too complicated for us to find out the cause of the trouble.
Society must do away with laws which cause racial discrimination.
The outside walls of the auditorium are terribly stained. It is, in part, due to acid rain.
Experts have failed to come up with an explanation of why the explosion happened.
Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
In medical research, one of the first problems is to isolate the cause of the disease.
He died from the cold last night.