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    因

    因いん

    cause

    KMT9News #30+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab6 strokes

    いん

    Noun

    1.
    cause, factor
    2.
    hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)
    Buddhism
    3.
    the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

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    成せい功こうには努ど力りょくという因いんが必ひつ要ようです。

    Success requires the cause of effort.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、因いんと縁えんによって結けっ果かが生しょうじると考かんがえられています。

    In Buddhism, it is believed that results arise from causes and conditions.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    彼かれの行こう動どうの因いんを深ふかく探たん求きゅうすることで、真しんの動どう機きが見みえてくるだろう。

    By deeply exploring the cause of his actions, his true motives will become clear.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    善よい因いんを積つむことが、来らい世せの幸こう福ふくにつながると説とかれています。

    It is taught that accumulating good causes leads to happiness in the next life.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    仏ぶっ教きょう論ろん理り学がくでは、因いんみょうとい明うがくもんで(いんみょう)という学ろん問しょで因うの論じゅう証よが重う要し視さされます。

    In Buddhist logic, the demonstration of causes is emphasized in the study of Hetuvidya (inmyō).

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    因
    よ.る・ちな.む…(2)
    cause・factor・be associated with・depend on・be limited to
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