Cause and Key

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Key and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead an adjective "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Cause and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead an adjective "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

old	old cause	old key
physical	physical cause	physical key
particular	particular cause	particular key
specific	specific cause	specific key
Other adjectives: right, original, true, proper, single, actual, real, big, bad, main, new, major, possible, different, higher.

Using the key will cause it to vanish, but once you have the key's recipe you can alchemize as many as needed.

Source: Interchangeable Antimatter Keys
Good thing too, cause it really is the only safe place to keep the key; after finding that the key wasn't in any of her pockets, Tommy goes for her socks.

Source: Fanfic / Of Love and Bunnies
Jubei is a key part in this, loyally fighting in both battles and committing assassinations for Iemitsu's cause.

Source: Useful Notes / Yagyu Jubei

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