因
因

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

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Common Words

によるに依るに因るに拠るExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #200
1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

Examples
ある研究によれば、ガンによる女性の死亡数の中では肺がんが１７％を占めている。
A study shows lung cancer accounts for 17% of women's cancer deaths.
元本素基もとFreq #377
1

Common noun; Esp. 元

origin; source; beginning

Examples
憲政の危機が始まったのは、このような状況のもとであった。
It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.
やってしまったことは元に戻らない。
What is done cannot be undone.
2

Common noun; Oft. 基

basis; base; foundation; root

Examples
私たちは人をその人の人格を基に判断しようと考えるかもしれないが、それらは一見したところでははっきりわからないものである。
Although we may intend to judge a person on the basis of his or her personal qualities, they are not visible at first sight.
このシステムのもとでは、生徒は交替で教えあい、お互いに助け合わなければなりません。
The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other.
3

Common noun; Also written as 因, 原

cause

Examples
その事務員は過労がもとで死んだ。
The clerk died from overwork.
4

Common noun; Esp. 素

(raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock

5

元 only; Common noun

(one's) side

Examples
彼はなぜ妻が彼のもとを去ったのかわからなかった。
He had no idea why his wife left him.
6

元 only; Common noun

capital; principal; cost price

7

Common noun

root (of a plant); (tree) trunk

8

Common noun

part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)

9

Common noun

first three lines of a waka

10

本 only; Counter

counter for plants or trees

11

本 only; Counter

counter for falcons (in falconry)

原因げんいんげいいんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #442
1

cause; origin; source

Examples
それで事故の原因が分かった。
That accounts for the accident.
よる依る因る拠る由るIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #1257
1

Esp. 依る, 拠る

to be due to; to be caused by

Examples
造られたもので、この方によらずできたものは一つもない。
Without him nothing was made that has been made.
2

Esp. 依る

to depend on; to turn on

Examples
この理由により、著者に関する信憑性は、資料の信憑性に拠っているのである。
For this reason, the credibility of the book's authors rests on the credibility of their sources.
3

Esp. 因る, 由る

to be based on; to come from

4

Esp. 拠る

to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

ちなみに因みに因にUsually kanaFreq #1489
1

Conjunction

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

Examples
ちなみに、ウチのクリニックから数百メートルの近場に「ランプ」が建設中です。
Incidentally a motorway ramp is being constructed in the neighbourhood, a few hundred metres away, of my clinic.
よって因って仍って依ってUsually kanaFreq #6800
1

Conjunction

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

Examples
よって流通するマネーが減り、物価上昇は鎮静化する。
Thus money in circulation drops, and price escalation quietens down.
要因よういんNoun～の Adj.Freq #6908
1

main cause; primary factor

Examples
Ｂ要因の取り扱いに関して、両者のアプローチにはわずかな違いがあるようだ。
There seems to be a slight difference on the treatment of the B factor between their approaches.
因縁いんねんいんえんNounFreq #7164
1

fate; destiny

Examples
早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
It was her fate to die young.
2

connection; tie; bond; origin

3

pretext; justification

4

Buddhism

hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

因果いんがFreq #9919
1

Common noun

cause and effect; causality

Examples
親の因果が子に報いる。
The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.
2

Common noun; Buddhism

karma; fate

3

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated

由因縁よしNounFreq #10424
1

reason; significance; cause

Examples
それについては知る由もなかった。
She had no way to know about it.
2

由 only

piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

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