因果関係

Japanese

Kanji in this term
因	果	関	係
いん Grade: 5	か > が Grade: 4	かん Grade: 4	けい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
因果關係 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 因果(いんが) (inga, “cause and effect”) + 関係(かんけい) (kankei, “relationship”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いんがかんけー [ìńgákáꜜǹkèè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ĩŋɡa̠kã̠ŋke̞ː]

Noun

因(いん)果(が)関(かん)係(けい) • (ingakankei) 

1. cause-and-effect relationship; causality

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN