きいん
Kiin
Other forms: 基因
起因 (Kiin) is a Japanese suru verb meaning “to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from”.
Meanings
- suru verb, intransitive verbto be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to
- nouncause; origin
Examples
失敗は彼の怠惰に起因していた。
The failure resulted from his idleness.
この失敗は私の間違った判断に起因する。
This fault results from my wrong decision.
機械時代の苦しみは機械そのものに起因するのではない。
The agonies of the machine age do not originate from the machines as such.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).