Japanese

Noun

因縁 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 因緣, hiragana いんねん, romaji innen)

1. chance; opportunity
2. predestined relationship; fate, destiny
3. (Buddhism) hetu and prataya, principal and secondary causes
4. chain of cause and effect

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3