Korean learner dictionary
원인 meaning and pronunciation
wonin · cause; reason
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Dictionary entry
NIKL target code 70268Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 워닌Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
- 1.
어떤 일이 일어나게 하거나 어떤 사물의 상태를 바꾸는 근본이 된 일이나 사건.
English: cause; reason — An affair or event that acts as the root of an occurrence of a certain thing or change of an object's state.
Examples
- 고통의 원인.
- 문제의 원인.
- 병의 원인.
- 사고의 원인.
- 싸움의 원인.
- 오해의 원인.
- Origin
- 原因
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