Word Meaning 因果因縁

いんがいんねん ingainnen

因果因縁 is read as いんがいんねん (ingainnen) and means cause and effect.

Meaning

English

  1. cause and effect
  2. karma
  3. retribution
  4. an evil cause producing an evil effect

Reading

Kana

いんがいんねん

Romaji

ingainnen

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Yojijukugo Rank 99116 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

因縁

いんえん

hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

因果応報

いんがおうほう

retribution

因果の胤を宿す

いんがのたねをやどす

to become pregnant with an illegitimate child

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising

因縁をつける

いんねんをつける

to invent a pretext for a quarrel

十二因縁

じゅうにいんねん

the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

悪因縁

あくいんねん

evil destiny

因果

いんが

cause and effect

因果法則

いんがほうそく

law of causality

因果関係

いんがかんけい

relation of cause and effect

因果性

いんがせい

causality

因果を含める

いんがをふくめる

to persuade someone to accept the inevitable