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原因 (げんいん): Cause — Japanese vocabulary

原因 is read げんいん and means "Cause". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

原因

Reading
げんいん · genin
Translation
Cause
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
げんいんが

Example

現在その病気の原因は不明である。

げんざいそのびょうきのげんいんはふめいである。

At present, the cause of the disease is unknown.

Kanji in this word

  • 原 — original, field
  • 因 — cause, reason

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