日本語道場
Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2
N2
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.