- 原因【げんいん】 - cause, origin, source 
- 死因【しいん】 - cause of death 
- 要因【よういん】 - main cause, primary factor 
- 本因坊【ほんいんぼう】 - Hon'inbō, Honinbo, grandmaster 
- 誘因【ゆういん】 - contributing cause, exciting cause, incentive, motive 
- 一因【いちいん】 - one cause, one reason, one factor 
- 因果【いんが】 - cause and effect, causality, karma, fate, unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated 
- 敗因【はいいん】 - cause of defeat 
- 主因【しゅいん】 - primary cause, main factor 
- 因子【いんし】 - factor, factor, divisor 
- 因縁【いんねん】 - fate, destiny, connection, tie, bond, origin, pretext, justification, hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) 
- 起因【きいん】 - to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin 
- 勝因【しょういん】 - cause of victory, reason for (one's) success 
- 遠因【えんいん】 - remote cause, underlying cause, indirect cause 
- 因習【いんしゅう】 - convention, tired tradition, old custom 
- 素因【そいん】 - basic factor, (medical) predisposition, diathesis 
- 病因【びょういん】 - the cause of a disease