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    動力因

    動どう力りょく因いん

    efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    どうりょくいん

    Noun

    1.
    efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
    philosophy

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
    力
    ちから…(5)
    power・strength・strong・strain・bear up…(1)
    因
    よ.る・ちな.む…(2)
    cause・factor・be associated with・depend on・be limited to
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