Nounorigin; source; beginning · basis; base; foundation; root · cause

Nouncause; factor · hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) · the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)

Nounreason; significance; cause · piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

Nounone cause; one reason; one factor

Suru verb, Intransitive verbto be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to · cause; origin

Nouncause of death

Nounprimary cause; main factor

Nouncause of defeat

Nouncontributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'main cause; primary factor

Nouncause of victory; reason for (one's) success

Nounsomething to rely on; aid; clue; way; means · someone to rely on; relative · reminder; memento

Nounremote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause

Nouncause of trouble

Nounart motif

Nounexternal cause; external origin; exogenous cause

Nounkarma

Nouncontingent cause

Nountrue reason; true motive

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'basic factor · (medical) predisposition; diathesis

Noundrive; motive; agent

Nouninternal cause; intrinsic motivation

Nounsecondary cause

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'the cause of a disease

Nounorigin; cause

Nounimmediate cause; proximate cause

Nounroot of evil; bad cause

Nounpsychogenesis

Nouncharge; count

Nounsecondary cause

Nounincentive; inducement

Nounconsideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)

Noungood cause (that will bring a good reward); good deed

Nountwo causes

Nounthree causes of Buddha nature

Nounprimary factor; main cause

Nounprincipal cause

Nounfinal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

Nounformal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

Nounmaterial cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

Nounefficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

Nounefficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

Nounsource, cause of an accident

Nounproximate cause (in contrast to an ultimate cause)

Nounultimate cause (in contrast to a proximate cause)

Noundirect cause; proximate cause

Nounexternal factor; external cause; extrinsic factor

Nouninternal factor; internal cause; intrinsic factor

Nouneconomic factor