誘ゆう因いん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

contributing cause; incentive; motive

Refers to a factor that prompts or contributes to an event, action, or decision. Often used in analytical, medical, or economic contexts.

ストレスが病びょう気きの誘ゆう因いんになることも

ある

。

Stress can sometimes be a contributing cause of illness.

低てい金きん利りは投とう資しの誘ゆう因いんとなる。

Low interest rates serve as an incentive for investment.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が〈事こと〉の誘ゆう因いんとなるfor one thing to become a triggering factor for another
過か度どのストレスが病びょう気きの誘ゆう因いんとなることがある。
Excessive stress can become a contributing cause of illness.
〈事こと〉を誘ゆう因いんとしてwith A as the triggering factor
経けい済ざい不ふ安あんを誘ゆう因いんとして株かぶ価かが急きゅう落らくした。
Triggered by economic uncertainty, stock prices plummeted.

Kanji

誘entice, lead, tempt
因cause, factor, be associated with

Related words· 7

原げん因いんN4
原因 refers to the direct or primary cause of an event, while 誘因 is a secondary or triggering factor that contributes to it without necessarily being the root cause.
動どう機きN2
動機 is a personal, often psychological motive behind someone's action, whereas 誘因 refers to a broader external or situational incentive.
要よう因いんN1
要因 is a neutral term for any contributing factor (positive or negative), while 誘因 specifically emphasizes a factor that provokes or triggers something, often negative like disease or crisis.
刺し激げきN3
誘因 is the specific, often single, triggering cause of an event, while 刺激 more broadly covers any stimulating push, physical or psychological, that encourages action.

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引ひき金がねN1
誘因 is a formal, often academic term for a contributing or inducing factor, whereas 引き金 is a vivid, everyday metaphor for the decisive triggering cause.
呼よび水みず
誘因 is a dry, analytical term for a contributing cause or inducement, while 呼び水 is a more vivid, figurative expression for the same kind of triggering factor.
一いち因いん
誘因 is a triggering factor that induces an event, while 一因 simply denotes one of several causes without implying it set anything off.

Etymology

Compound of 誘 (ゆう, 'invite, induce') and 因 (いん, 'cause, factor'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the sense of an inducing or contributing cause.