遠因 (えんいん)underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause

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Kanji in 遠因

永遠えいえんeternity; perpetuity
遠征えんせいexpedition; (military) campaign
望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうtelescope
遠隔えんかくdistant; remote
敬遠けいえんpretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length
遠慮えんりょreserve; constraint
遠山えんざんdistant mountain
ご遠慮くださいごえんりょくださいplease refrain (from)
原因げんいんcause; origin
要因よういんmain cause; primary factor
本因坊ほんいんぼうHon'inbō; Honinbo
死因しいんcause of death
一因いちいんone cause; one reason
因果いんがcause and effect; causality
敗因はいいんcause of defeat
主因しゅいんprimary cause; main factor

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