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Cause and consequence — 原因と結果

Cause and effect, correlation, ripple effect, chain reaction, sign, trigger, outcome. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

いんが noun

因果 cause and effect

そうかん noun

相関 correlation

えいきょうりょく noun

影響力 influence (power to affect)

はきゅう noun

波及 ripple effect, spreading

れんさ noun

連鎖 chain, chain reaction

はんどう noun

反動 reaction, backlash, recoil

ふくじ noun

副次 secondary, side (effect)

ぜんちょう noun

前兆 omen, sign of what is coming

ちょうこう noun

兆候 sign, indication

けいき noun

契機 opportunity, the thing that starts it

てんき noun

転機 turning point

ひきがね noun

引き金 trigger

きけつ noun

帰結 conclusion, consequence

けつまつ noun

結末 the ending, outcome

ふくさんぶつ noun

副産物 by-product

ひつぜん noun

必然 inevitability, necessity

ぐうはつ noun

偶発 accidental, incidental

ゆうはつ noun

誘発 inducing, triggering

さゆうする verb

左右する to control, to determine (an outcome)

きいんする verb

起因する to originate in, to be caused by

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Cause and consequence — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

sign, indication

noun

opportunity, the thing that starts it

noun

omen, sign of what is coming

noun

inevitability, necessity

noun

influence (power to affect)

noun

cause and effect

noun

chain, chain reaction

noun

inducing, triggering

noun

trigger

noun

to control, to determine (an outcome)

verb

2 What does it mean?

反動

結末

起因する

波及

偶発

副次

相関

転機

副産物

帰結

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