Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 原因
Words related to 原因
- (n) cause and effect; causality
- (n) investigation (to determine the cause of something)
- (n) source, cause of an accident
警察は事故原因を入念に調査した。
The police carefully investigated the cause of the accident.
- (n) occasionalism
- (exp) actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
Sentences containing 原因
Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.
Just because a certain book does not interest readers does not mean that the fault lies in the book.