contingent cause
Buddhist philosophical term for a cause that arises incidentally or conditionally, as opposed to a direct or primary cause. Rare in everyday language.
仏教の因果論では、偶因は直接的な原因とは区別される。
In Buddhist causality theory, a contingent cause is distinguished from a direct cause.
occasionalism
Formed from 偶 “contingent, incidental” and 因 “cause,” denoting a cause that operates only under particular circumstances.