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因いんNounFreq #65101
1

cause; factor

2

Buddhism

hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)

3

the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

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)

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 ...

よすが縁因便NounUsually kanaFreq #28424
1

Formal or literary term

something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means

2

Formal or literary term

someone to rely on; relative

3

Formal or literary term

reminder; memento

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.
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

因子いんしNounFreq #19764
1

factor

Examples
私の理解ではその二つの実験には共通の因子はない。
In my understanding, those two experiments do not have common factors.
2

Mathematics

factor; divisor

因果関係いんがかんけいNounFreq #23757
1

relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality

Examples
確かに、脳と意識の関係はもともと因果関係ではないのだと考える学者もいる。
Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.
因果応報いんがおうほうNoun四字熟語Freq #30649
1

retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior

Examples
汚い手で会社を乗っ取ったものの、腹心だと思っていた部下に裏切られ、因果応報だね。
When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.
ちなむ因むIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #31831
1

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

Examples
あれはさる年に因んだ猿の絵です。
That's a picture of a monkey associated with the Year of the Monkey.
因みちなみNounFreq #37506
1

association; link; connection

2

pledge (esp. for marriage); promise

因果律いんがりつNounFreq #41016
1

Philosophy

law of cause and effect; principle of causality

因縁をつける因縁を付けるいんねんをつけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #41799
1

to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

Examples
あの男はよくつまらぬことで誰にでも因縁をつける。
He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.
因習因襲いんしゅうNounFreq #45102
1

Negative nuance

convention; tired tradition; old custom

Examples
科学の進歩は因襲によってしばしば阻害された。
Progress in science was often barred by convention.
よりけり因りけりExpressionUsually kanaFreq #58149
1

As ...に〜

depends on

Examples
場合によりけりだと思います。
I think it depends.
因業いんごうNoun～な Adj.Freq #67925
1

heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life

因数分解いんすうぶんかいNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #73055
1

factorization; factorisation

因果を含めるいんがをふくめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #96506
1

to persuade someone to accept the inevitable

Examples
因果を含めてあきらめさせた。
I persuaded him to give up the idea.
因果性いんがせいNounFreq #104558
1

causality

因循いんじゅんNoun～な Adj.Freq #117800
1

indecision; vacillation

因をなす因を成すいんをなすExpressionGodan verbFreq #132424
1

to give rise to; to cause

因循姑息いんじゅんこそくNoun四字熟語Freq #148910
1

dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)

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