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原因

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

原因 — “cause”

原因 (read げんいん) means cause. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

げんいん

Meaning

cause

原因 in a sentence

事故じこの原因げんいんを調べしらべています。

They are investigating the cause of the accident.

The kanji in 原因

原field; origin
因cause, reason

Words that share a kanji with 原因

原はら— field, plain
原稿げんこう— manuscript, draft
原産げんさん— place of origin (of a product)
原始げんし— primitive, primeval
原理げんり— principle, theory
原料げんりょう— raw material
因るよる— to depend on, to be due to, to be based on

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