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Kanji

因

cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

囗部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

イン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

よる, ちなむ

Nanori (Name Reading)

ちなみ, なみ, ゆかり, よし, より, よる

Common Readings

イン, よ…る

Example sentences

原因 げんいん
失敗の原因を調べています。

We are investigating the cause of the failure.

そもそも そもそも
そもそも、彼が遅刻したのが原因だ。

In the first place, the fact that he was late is the cause.

要因 よういん
成功の主な要因は、チームの協力だった。

The main factor in success was the cooperation of the team.

自由意志 じゆういし
人間の自由意志は、外部の要因によって制限されることがある。

Human free will can sometimes be limited by external factors.

因縁 いんねん
二つのチームの間には深い因縁がある。

There is a deep history between the two teams.

因果 いんが
彼は不運な運命を因果だとあきらめた。

He resigned himself to his unfortunate fate as karma.

死因 しいん
警察は現在、彼の正確な死因を調査している。

The police are currently investigating the exact cause of his death.

原因不明 げんいんふめい
その停電は、翌朝も原因不明のままだ。

The cause of that power outage was still unknown the next morning.

因子 いんし
環境因子は植物の成長に大きな影響を与える。

Environmental factors have a major influence on plant growth.

起因 きいん
今回の遅延は、システムの設定ミスに起因する可能性が高い。

The delay was probably caused by a system configuration error.

Example Vocabulary

原因

げんいん

cause; origin; source

要因

よういん

factor; main cause; primary element

因縁

いんねん

fate; destiny; connection; history; pretext

因果

いんが

cause and effect; karma; fate

死因

しいん

cause of death

原因不明

げんいんふめい

cause unknown; unexplained

因子

いんし

factor; element contributing to an outcome

起因

きいん

cause; be caused by; originate in

一因

いちいん

敗因

はいいん

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