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    3. 原因

    原因

    原げん因いん

    cause

    N4KMT2News #1+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab16 strokes

    げんいんげいいん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    cause, origin, source

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    事じ故この原げん因いんを調しらべる。

    Investigate the cause of the accident.

    KMT2Daily LifeCore Concepts
    その病びょう気きの原げん因いんはまだ不ふ明めいだ。

    The cause of that illness is still unknown.

    KMT2Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    ストレスが多おおくの健けん康こう問もん題だいの原げん因いんとなることがある。

    Stress can be the cause of many health problems.

    KMT4Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    根こん本ぽん的てきな原げん因いんを解かい決けつしなければ、同おなじ問もん題だいが繰くり返かえされるだろう。

    If we don't solve the root cause, the same problem will recur.

    KMT5Core ConceptsWork & Career
    地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化かの主しゅな原げん因いんは温おん室しつ効こ果うかガスの排はい出しゅつである。

    The main cause of global warming is the emission of greenhouse gases.

    KMT6Science & MathNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    原
    はら…(6)
    meadow・original・primitive・field・plain…(3)
    因
    よ.る・ちな.む…(2)
    cause・factor・be associated with・depend on・be limited to
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