Keyword
cause
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig626
Readings
いん
(96%)
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 (154 in total)
cause; origin; source
main cause; primary factor
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
cause of death
factor; factor; divisor
cause; origin
one cause; one reason; one factor
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
cause of defeat
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
convention; tired tradition; old custom
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
by means of; due to; because of; according to
psychogenesis
cause of victory
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
factorization; factorisation
basic factor; (medical) predisposition; diathesis
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
convention; tired tradition; old custom
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
source, cause of an accident
named after; associated with; connected with
primary cause; main factor
to persuade someone to accept the inevitable
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
the cause of a disease
the surface reason
drive; motive; agent
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
indecision; vacillation
the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
prime factorization; prime decomposition
root of evil; bad cause
to give rise to; to cause
true reason; true motive
cause and effect; causality
cause; origin
sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes
gene; genetic factor; genetic element
origin; cause
the actual reason
dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
Hare of Inaba (Japanese myth)
hetuvidya (ancient Indian logic for determining right from wrong, truth from falsehood, etc.)
good cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed
cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect
art motif
causative microorganism; pathogenic bacteria; pathogen
good action lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another
cause of trouble
incentive; inducement
efficient cause
immediate cause; proximate cause
cause analysis; causal analysis; diagnosis
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
charge; count
dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Hare of Inaba (Japanese myth)
secondary cause
primary factor; main cause
originating; causing; beginning
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son
reason; significance; cause
retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future)
three causes of Buddha nature
actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
secondary cause
to give rise to; to cause
the swiftness of retributive justice
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
depends on
originating; causing; beginning
according to (someone)
depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to
depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to
in contrast to; despite
as such; for that reason; therefore; consequently
contingent cause
conventional morality; conventional morals
macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MMIF
lethal factor; lethal gene
Rh factor (Rhesus factor)
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)
direct cause; 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
Examples (123 in total)
What is the cause of such a failure?
That's the cause of his failure.
The real problem lies in his character.