► 動詞
原因 [げんいん] [原因する] [liter] meaning: cause rank: 2
☆ それは何が原因しているのか分からない ⇨ We don’t know what is causing that
► 名詞
原因 [げんいん] [liter] meaning: cause rank: 1
☆ 彼等は事故の原因を調査している ⇨ They are investigating the cause of the accident (☛ Practically pronounced げえいん or げーいん)
More examples:
- 事故の原因は未だ判っていない ⇨ The cause of the accident is yet to be known
- 人為的な原因で起こった山火事 ⇨ A wildfire caused by human activities
- 原因を目下調査中です ⇨ We are currently investigating for the cause
- 事故の原因は居眠り運転だった ⇨ The cause of the accident was that the driver had fell asleep
- 本を糺せばお前の失敗が全ての原因だ ⇨ If we get to the bottom of the issue, your mistake was the root cause of everything
- 原因はさておき、このまま争っていては皆損をすることになる ⇨ Whatever the cause is, if we keep fighting like this we all lose
- 歯垢は歯槽膿漏の原因になる ⇨ Plaque causes gingivitis
- 機械の故障が事故の原因とは考えにくい ⇨ It is hard to believe the failure of the machinery was the cause of the accident
- 彼等は事故の原因を遂に突き止めた ⇨ They finally pinpointed the cause of the accident
- 科学者が病気の原因を究明した ⇨ Scientists researched and found the cause of the disease
- 原因の断定は難しい ⇨ It is difficult to determine the cause definitively
- 事故の原因については未だ詳しい事は分かっていない ⇨ We still don’t know well about the cause of the accident
- 原因を考えてみたが、何も思い付かない ⇨ I thought about the cause, but I can’t think of anything
- 事故の原因は今以て分かっていない ⇨ The cause of the accident is still unknown even now
- 技術者達は事故の原因の解明を急いでいる ⇨ The engineers are working hard to determine the cause of the accident