結果（けっか）とはある物事を行った後に生じた現象、状況、物象をあらわす言葉。
The result or outcome of a cause. Effects include: a) direct effects, which are caused by the action and occur at the same time and place, b) indirect effects, which are caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, that are still reasonably foreseeable. 