遠因

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Noun[edit]

遠因 (hiragana えんいん, romaji en'in)

  1. distant cause, remote cause, underlying cause
    その事件は戦争を引き起こす遠因となった。
    そのじけんはせんそうをひきおこすえんいんとなった。
    sono jiken wa sensō o hikiokosu en'in to natta.
    The incident turned out to be a distant cause of the war.