因縁

いんねん いんえん

connection, tie, bond, origin

因果

いんが

cause and effect, karma, fate

悪因縁

あくいんねん

evil destiny

因果律

いんがりつ

law of cause and effect, principle of causality

因果者

いんがもの いんがしゃ

unlucky person

因果性

いんがせい

causality

謂れ因縁

いわれいんねん

origin, history

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

十二因縁

じゅうにいんねん

the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

善因善果

ぜんいんぜんか

good action lead to good rewards, one good turn deserves another

因果応報

いんがおうほう

retribution, retributive justice, karma, just deserts, poetic justice, reward and punishment for one's past behavior

因果法則

いんがほうそく

law of causality

三世因果

さんぜいんが

the law of causality governs the past, present, and future three generations

因果関係

いんがかんけい

consequence, causal relationship, nexus

悪因悪果

あくいんあっか

sowing and reaping evil

原因結果

げんいんけっか

cause and effect, causality

因果覿面

いんがてきめん

the swiftness of retributive justice

因

いん

hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions)

因縁をつける

いんねんをつける

to invent a pretext for a quarrel, to pick a fight