原げん因いん

げんいん gen'in

cause
source

nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

原因

Examples

Furigana

火か事じの原げん因いんはだいたいわかっている。
There is not much doubt about the cause of the fire.
火灾的原因大致清楚了。
Tatoeba #186690
火か事じの原げん因いんが明あきらかになった。
The cause of the fire was known.
火灾的原因查明了。
Tatoeba #186691

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('43f91bcf9d'); // 原因

{
  "id": "43f91bcf9d",
  "word": "原因",
  "reading": "げんいん",
  "romaji": "gen'in",
  "meanings": [
    "cause",
    "source"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1261190,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "火事の原因はだいたいわかっている。",
      "furigana": "{火事|かじ}の{原因|げんいん}はだいたいわかっている。",
      "en": "There is not much doubt about the cause of the fire.",
      "tatoeba_id": 186690
    },
    {
      "ja": "火事の原因が明らかになった。",
      "furigana": "{火事|かじ}の{原因|げんいん}が{明|あき}らかになった。",
      "en": "The cause of the fire was known.",
      "tatoeba_id": 186691
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "aa205db5cbb72a91f4b2f11b7a079c38fe2f10962e1f088b7e37d31a58c4bac3",
    "meanings": [
      "原因"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "火事の原因はだいたいわかっている。",
        "zh": "火灾的原因大致清楚了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "火事の原因が明らかになった。",
        "zh": "火灾的原因查明了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/43f91bcf9d",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "1e2aeb2c0b345d15ea86a40b5e20f9f3614b3c455115ac4bd77cc8563b9a9981"
  }
}