因果：1、原因和结果，合起来说，指二者的关系

cause and effect

e.g. 因果关系

causality

e.g. 互为因果

interact as both cause and effect

2、（佛教 Budd.）指事物的起因和结果，今生种什么因，来生结什么果，善有善报，恶有恶报

karma; preordained fate; the force generated by a person's actions, believed to prepetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine destiny in one's next existence

e.g. 因果报应

retribution; karma