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Definition 2024


原因

原因

Chinese

 
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
cause; reason; because
simp. and trad.
(原因)

Noun

原因

  1. cause; reason (for something happening)   (Classifier: m)

Antonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2
いん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

原因 (hiragana げんいん, romaji gen'in)

  1. The source or reason of an event or action; cause.

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3