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原因

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 原因.

Dictionary

Entry

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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

原

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

10 strokesFrequency 172JLPT N2Grade 2

On

ゲン

Kun

はら

Nanori

たばるらわたわら
因

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

6 strokesFrequency 636JLPT N2Grade 5

On

イン

Kun

よ.るちな.む

Nanori

て

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