原げん因いん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. cause; origin; source
What is the cause of this uproar?
Kanji used
original
cause
Pitch accent
げ
んいん
Top 700
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)
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
source, cause of an accident
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.