因果

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Chinese

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cause; reason; because fruit; result
simp. and trad.
(因果)
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Etymology

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Calque of Sanskrit हेतु (hetu, impulse, cause) and फल (phala, fruit, result) arising from translation of Buddhist texts. (Dassanayake (2021), pg. 124)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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因果

  1. cause and effect
  2. (Buddhism) karma; fate

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (因果):
  • Japanese: 因果(いんが) (inga)
  • Korean: 인과(因果) (in'gwa)
  • Vietnamese: nhân quả (因果)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: 5
か > が
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(いん)() (ingaいんぐわ (ingwa)?-na (adnominal (いん)() (inga na), adverbial (いん)() (inga ni))

  1. fateful, unlucky

Noun

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(いん)() (ingaいんぐわ (ingwa)?

  1. cause and effect; karma; fate

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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因果

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân quả (karma, causality).