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N1 Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

因果(いんが)cause and effect, karma, fate, causality

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    1. Noun

      1.

      cause and effect, causality

    2. Noun

      2.

      karma, fate

      Buddhism
    3. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

      3.

      unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated

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    因果 【いんが】

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      (おや)因果(いんが)()(むく)いると()われている。

      They say the karma of the parents is repaid through the child.

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      警察(けいさつ)たちは、事件(じけん)因果(いんが)関係(かんけい)調(しら)べています。

      The police are investigating the cause-and-effect relationship behind the incident.

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      (ぼく)上司(じょうし)(たの)まれると(ことわ)ることが出来(でき)ない因果(いんが)性分(しょうぶん)です。

      I've got this unfortunate personality flaw; I just can't say no when my boss asks for something.

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      ついに、苦労(くろう)ばかりの因果(いんが)商売(しょうばい)()じる(こと)余儀(よぎ)なくされました。

      In the end, I had no choice but to shut down this ill-fated business that brought me nothing but hardship.

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      (ぼう)さんは(わたし)()りかかる困難(こんなん)数々(かずかず)前世(ぜんせ)因果(いんが)であるとの見解(けんかい)(しめ)しました。

      The monk told me that all the hardships I'm facing are the result of karma from a past life.

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