何が原因ですか。

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何 が 原因 です か 。

English Translation

What's the cause?

Furigana

何(なに)が原因(げんいん)ですか。

Romanji

Nani ga gen'in desu ka.

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

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