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jmdict 2513920 Active (id: 2223727)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2513920</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>形相因</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>けいそういん</reb>
</r_ele>
<trans>
<xref>質料因</xref>
<xref>作用因</xref>
<xref>目的因</xref>
<trans_det>formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")</trans_det>
</trans>
</entry>



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