Word Meaning 因縁

いんねん innen

因縁 is read as いんねん (innen) and means hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things).

Meaning

English

hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
fate
destiny
pretext
justification
connection
tie
bond

Reading

Kana

いんねん

Romaji

innen

Writing Variants

因縁いんえん inen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 6042 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

因果因縁

いんがいんねん

cause and effect

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

謂れ因縁

いわれいんねん

origin

因果応報

いんがおうほう

retribution

因子分析

いんしぶんせき

factor analysis

因州弁

いんしゅうべん

Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)

因習道徳

いんしゅうどうとく

conventional morality

因果の胤を宿す

いんがのたねをやどす

to become pregnant with an illegitimate child

血縁

けつえん

blood relative

Example Sentences

あいつに因縁を付けられた。

He made up a pretext for a fight with me.