事故原因

Reading

Kana: じこげんいん

Romaji: jikogen'in

Definition

noun

1

source, cause of an accident

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

Example Sentences

警察(けいさつ)は事故(じこ)原因(げんいん)を入念(にゅうねん)に調査(ちょうさ)した。

➥The police carefully investigated the cause of the accident.

事故(じこ)原因(げんいん)はまだはっきりしていない。

➥The cause of the accident is still obscure.