日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningscause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
On'yomiイン
Kun'yomiよ、ちな
Strokes6
Radical

Compounds

  • according to, due to, by (means of), because of

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

  • by the way, in this connection, incidentally, in passing

  • cause and effect, causality, karma, fate

  • cause, origin, source

Example sentences

  • The real problem lies in his character.

  • Wealth may be a factor of happiness.

  • Poverty often engenders crime.

  • The following is thought to be one of the reasons stress damages the stomach's mucous membrane.

  • It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.

  • This is a basic factor that can even be said to be the common lot of man; it certainly doesn't apply only to Germans.

  • Poverty is still the major cause of crime.

  • Poverty is still the major cause of crime.