素因

Meaning

1. nadj-no
   basic factor
2. nadj-no
   (medical) predisposition; diathesis

Example sentences

• このことは、人間共通の宿命とさえいえる素因であって、なにも、ドイツ人に限ったことではない。

  This is a basic factor that can even be said to be the common lot of man; it certainly doesn't apply only to Germans.