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因果

いんが

cause and effect, karma

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Examples

  1. 因果関係を証明する。

    いんがかんけいをしょうめいする。

    We prove the causal relationship.

  2. 二つの出来事に因果関係はない。

    ふたつのできごとにいんがかんけいはない。

    There is no causal link between the two events.

  3. これも因果応報だと彼はつぶやいた。

    これもいんがおうほうだとかれはつぶやいた。

    He muttered that this too was just deserts.

Common patterns

因果関係
causal relationship
因果応報
you reap what you sow
因果を含める
to persuade someone to accept their lot

Memory tip

因 is cause and 果 is effect. In scientific writing, keep 因果関係 (causation) apart from 相関関係 (correlation) — confusing them is the classic argument error. The Buddhist karma sense survives in 因果応報.

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