遠因

Japanese
Kanji in this term
遠 因
えん
Grade: 2		 いん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

遠因 (hiragana えんいん, rōmaji en'in)

  1. indirect cause, distant cause, remote cause
    その事 (じ)件 (けん)は戦 (せん)争 (そう)を引 (ひ)き起 (お)こす遠 (えん)因 (いん)となった。
    Sono jiken wa sensō o hikiokosu en'in to natta.
    The incident turned out to be a distant cause of the war.
  2. underlying cause
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