起因

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Chinese

to rise; to raise; to get up cause; reason; because
trad. (起因) 起 因
simp. #(起因) 起 因

Pronunciation

Noun

起因

  1. cause; origin

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起 因
き
Grade: 3 		いん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

起(き)因(いん) • (kiin) 

  1. cause

Verb

起(き)因(いん)する • (kiin suru) suru (stem 起(き)因(いん)し (kiin shi), past 起(き)因(いん)した (kiin shita))

  1. to arise from, to be caused by

Conjugation

Conjugation of "起因する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 起因し きいんし kiin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 起因し きいんし kiin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 起因する きいんする kiin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 起因する きいんする kiin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 起因すれ きいんすれ kiin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 起因せよ¹
起因しろ² 		きいんせよ¹
きいんしろ² 		kiin seyo¹
kiin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 起因される きいんされる kiin sareru
Causative 起因させる
起因さす 		きいんさせる
きいんさす 		kiin saseru
kiin sasu
Potential 起因できる きいんできる kiin dekiru
Volitional 起因しよう きいんしよう kiin shiyō
Negative 起因しない きいんしない kiin shinai
Negative continuative 起因せず きいんせず kiin sezu
Formal 起因します きいんします kiin shimasu
Perfective 起因した きいんした kiin shita
Conjunctive 起因して きいんして kiin shite
Hypothetical conditional 起因すれば きいんすれば kiin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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