因果
Meanings
Noun
1. cause and effect; causality
2. karma; fate
Na-adjective
3. unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated
Kanji used
Pitch accent
いんが
Used in vocabulary
因果応報
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
Noun
Examples2
親 の 因果 が 子 に 報いる。
The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.
彼 には 何の 因果 か 怠け者 の 息子 が いる。
He is cursed with idle sons.