Your search matched 206 words.
Search Terms: *縁*
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noun
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adoption (of a person)(law term)
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養子縁組み【ようしえんぐみ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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separation, divorce, severing of connections
noun
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glaucoma
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縁内障【りょくないしょう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
no-adjective, noun
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out of sight, in the background, unnoticed, under the veranda(idiom )
noun
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temple festival, fair, fete day, day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those to celebrate it
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
betrothal, wedding, marriage into a family, matrimonial alliance
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縁組み【えんぐみ】
noun
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marriage, marriage tie, love knot
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縁むすび【えんむすび】
adjective
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unconnected, weakly related, alien, far beyond (one's means, ability)
2.
having little prospect of marriage
noun, no-adjective
1.
good relationship
2.
affectionate relationship, loving relationship(archaism)(only relevant for 愛縁)
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合い縁【あいえん】
、相縁【あいえん】
、愛縁【あいえん】
noun
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a couple strangely but happily united, uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate(yojijukugo)
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相縁機縁【あいえんきえん】
expression
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the events of today are destined by the past, even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life, even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate(proverb)
expression
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everything is preordained(proverb)
noun
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cause and effect, karma, retribution, an evil cause producing an evil effect(yojijukugo)
noun
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dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing(Buddhist term)
expression, Ichidan verb
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to invent a pretext for a quarrel, to pick a fight
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因縁を付ける【いんねんをつける】
noun
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pratyekabuddha (one who achieves enlightenment without a teacher)(Buddhist term)
expression, adjective
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have no relation to, have no luck with, not be fated to
See also:縁のない
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縁が無い【えんがない】
expression, yoi/ii adjective (special)
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of good omen, augur well (for), boding well for, good fortune
expression, adjective
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of good omen, augur well (for), boding well for, good fortune
See also:縁起がいい (えんぎがいい)
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縁起がよい【えんぎがよい】
noun
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(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
expression, Godan-gu verb
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to be superstitious, to believe in omens
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縁起をかつぐ【えんぎをかつぐ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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employment of workers through (personal) connections, getting a job through one's personal connection(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
noun
1.
recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections(yojijukugo)
2.
private (stock) offering (subscription)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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(system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to be related to someone by blood
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縁に繋がる【えんにつながる】
expression, noun
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unsung hero, person who does a thankless task(idiom )
expression, noun
1.
hard work gone unnoticed, thankless task, a dance under a veranda(idiom )
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off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple(orig. meaning)
expression
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inscrutable are the ways people are brought together, there is no telling how people are brought together(proverb)
See also:縁は異なもの味なもの
expression
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expression
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having no relation with whatsoever, having nothing to do with, alien
noun
1.
connection, relationship
2.
origin, reason, cause
3.
motive (e.g. for an act)
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縁由【えんゆう】
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse), to break off (with)
expression, Godan-bu verb
1.
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.)
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noun
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picture-frame show, Shōwa-era stage show in which a woman would stand half-naked in a frame (resembling a Western-style painting)
noun
1.
cliff edge, edge of a precipice
2.
perilous position, critical moment, brink
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崖っ縁【がけっぷち】
、崖縁【がけぷち】[1]
、崖縁【がけぶち】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression
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relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends, the relationship ends when the money runs out, the end of money is the end of love(proverb)
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カネの切れ目が縁の切れ目【カネのきれめがえんのきれめ】
expression
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to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree(idiom )(from Mencius)
See also:木に縁りて魚を求む (きによりてうおをもとむ)
expression
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to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree(idiom )(from Mencius)
noun
1.
bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist(Buddhist term)
2.
older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child