Chinese edit

far; distant; remote cause; reason; because
trad. (遠因)
simp. (远因)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

遠因

  1. indirect cause; distant cause; remote cause

Antonyms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (遠因):
  • Japanese: 遠因(えんいん) (en'in)
  • Korean: 원인(遠因) (wonin)

Japanese edit

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

Noun edit

(えん)(いん) (en'in

  1. indirect cause, distant cause, remote cause
    その事件(じけん)戦争(せんそう)()()こす遠因(えんいん)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