Keyword
cause
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig626
Readings
いん
(97%)
ちな
(1%)
Composed of
closed box
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Used in kanji (6 in total)
debt of gratitude
windpipe
matrimony
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Used in vocabulary (180 in total)
cause; origin; source
main cause; primary factor
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
cause of death
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
factor; factor; divisor
one cause; one reason; one factor
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
cause of defeat
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
source, cause of an accident
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
cause of victory; reason for (one's) success
convention; tired tradition; old custom
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
remote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
psychogenesis
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
factorization; factorisation
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
basic factor; (medical) predisposition; diathesis
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
named after; associated with; connected with
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
convention; tired tradition; old custom
detrimental factor; contributing negative factor
primary cause; main factor
to persuade someone to accept the inevitable
cause analysis; causal analysis; diagnosis
the cause of a disease
drive; motive; agent
external cause; external origin; exogenous cause
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
prime factorization; prime decomposition
indecision; vacillation
root of evil; bad cause
the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
to give rise to; to cause
sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son
true reason; true motive
gene; genetic factor; genetic element
dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
cause and effect; causality
positive factor; contributing (positive) factor
origin; cause
coagulation factor; clotting factor
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
hetuvidya (ancient Indian logic for determining right from wrong, truth from falsehood, etc.)
endogenous; intrinsic
good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed
cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect
charge; count
efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
good actions lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another
exogenous; extrinsic
final cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
causative microorganism; pathogenic bacteria; pathogen
art motif
primary factor; main cause
formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
cause of trouble
incentive; inducement
immediate cause; proximate cause
originating; causing; beginning
(hereditary) carrier; (asymptomatic) carrier
internal cause; intrinsic motivation
causal virus; causative virus
dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
three causes of Buddha nature
the swiftness of retributive justice
secondary cause
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
hereditary predisposition; genetic predisposition
material cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
causal closure; physical causal closure
secondary cause
originating; causing; beginning
actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
direct cause; proximate cause
retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future)
reason; significance; cause
to give rise to; to cause
efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
depends on
according to (someone)
regardless of; irrespective of; independently of; despite
depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to
depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to
as such; for that reason; therefore; consequently
causal virus; causative virus
contingent cause
conventional morality; conventional morals
macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MMIF
lethal factor; lethal gene
natural moisturizing factor; NMF
zero divisor; null factor; nil factor
environmental loss time; external loss time
consideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)
cofactor (biochemistry)
proximate cause (in contrast to an ultimate cause)
ultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)
Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
tumor necrosis factor (e.g. cachexin); tumour necrosis factor; TNF
death by physical trauma; violent death; exogenous death; death by an external cause
two causes
three causes of Buddha nature
to become pregnant with an illegitimate child
etiology; aetiology
no matter how unfortunate it is, you cannot stop love; falling in love is an unfortunate fate
death from natural causes
psychogenic; psychogenetic
psychogenic vertigo; functional dizziness
psychogenic vertigo; functional dizziness
psychogenic vertigo; functional dizziness
external factor; external cause; extrinsic factor
internal factor; internal cause; intrinsic factor
Inbi Line (East Okayama Railway)
Examples (166 in total)
It is probably due to the phone call from my older sister yesterday.
As a result of looking into it, we found the cause.
I might be the cause.