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noun
talisman, lucky charm
Other readings:
縁起もの【えんぎもの】

noun
making a connection (with Buddha)

noun, no-adjective
1.
good relationship
2.
affectionate relationship, loving relationship(archaism)(only relevant for 愛縁)
Other readings:
合い縁【あいえん】
相縁【あいえん】
愛縁【あいえん】

noun
a couple strangely but happily united, uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
相縁機縁【あいえんきえん】

noun, no-adjective
evil destiny or connection, unfortunate love

いちながたしょうえん
ichiganonagarewokumumotashounoen
expression
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)

noun
cause and effect, karma, retribution, an evil cause producing an evil effect(yojijukugo)

noun
dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing(Buddhist term)

いんねん
innenwotsukeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to invent a pretext for a quarrel, to pick a fight
Other readings:
因縁を付ける【いんねんをつける】

no-adjective, noun
1.
related to the teachings of Buddha, able to be saved by Buddha(Buddhist term)
See also:無縁 (antonym)
2.
related, relevant
See also:無縁 (antonym)

no-adjective, noun
seaside, by the sea
See also:縁 (へり)
Other readings:
海っ縁【うみっぺり】

noun
relative, person to whom one is close(obscure)
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縁合【えんあい】

expression
to be fated to, be linked by fate

noun
inland sea, epicontinental sea, epeiric sea, marginal sea

noun
pratyekabuddha (one who achieves enlightenment without a teacher)(Buddhist term)

expression, adjective
distantly related
See also:縁の遠い

expression, adjective
have no relation to, have no luck with, not be fated to
See also:縁のない
Other readings:
縁が無い【えんがない】

えん
engigaii
expression, yoi/ii adjective (special)
of good omen, augur well (for), boding well for, good fortune

えん
engigayoi
expression, adjective
of good omen, augur well (for), boding well for, good fortune
Other readings:
縁起がよい【えんぎがよい】

えんわる
engigawarui
expression
of bad omen, ill augur, boding evil, bad fortune

noun
(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

えんかつ
engiwokatsugu
expression, Godan-gu verb
to be superstitious, to believe in omens
Other readings:
縁起をかつぐ【えんぎをかつぐ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
employment of workers through (personal) connections, getting a job through one's personal connection(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
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
(system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

noun
curb (stone), kerb
Other readings:
縁石【ふちいし】
縁石【へりいし】

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
to marry
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縁づく【えんづく】

Ichidan verb, transitive verb
to marry off, to give in marriage

expression
don't try to force good things to happen(proverb)

expression, Godan-ru verb
to be related to someone by blood
Other readings:
縁に繋がる【えんにつながる】

えんしたから
ennoshitanochikaramochi
expression, noun
unsung hero, person who does a thankless task(idiom )

えんしたまい
ennoshitanomai
expression, noun
1.
hard work gone unnoticed, thankless task, a dance under a veranda(idiom )
2.
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, adjective
distantly related
See also:縁が遠い

expression, adjective
unrelated, unconnected
See also:縁がない
Other readings:
縁の無い【えんのない】

expression
inscrutable are the ways people are brought together, there is no telling how people are brought together(proverb)

expression
inscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together(proverb)

noun
edge, relative, relations, border

expression
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)
Other readings:
縁由【えんゆう】

expression, Godan-ru verb
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.)
2.
to form a connection (with Buddha)(Buddhist term)

na-adjective, noun
brink, outer edge

noun
cavity margin (e.g. tooth, body)
Other readings:
か縁【かえん】

がくぶち
gakubuchishoo
noun
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
Other readings:
崖っ縁【がけっぷち】
崖縁【がけぷち】[1]
崖縁【がけぶち】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

かねえん
kanenokiremegaennokireme
expression
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)
Other readings:
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】

noun
riverside, riverbank
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川っ縁【かわっぷち】

noun
riverbank, riverside
Other readings:
川縁【かわべり】
川べり【かわべり】

うおもと
kiniyotteuowomotomu
expression
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)

うおもと
kiniyoriteuowomotomu
expression
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

noun
old relationship, old acquaintance

noun, auxillary suru verb
courtship

noun, no-adjective
gilded edges or rims

noun
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
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くされ縁【くされえん】

noun
black rim, black edge
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黒ぶち【くろぶち】

noun
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes), bronze whaler, narrowtooth shark(usually kana)
Other readings:
クロヘリメジロ

noun
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes), bronze whaler, narrowtooth shark(usually kana)
Other readings:
クロヘリメジロザメ

noun, no-adjective
blood relationship, blood relations, being genetically related(yojijukugo)

noun
1.
rim of bowl or vessel
2.
peristome

noun
1.
fate, chance(polite language)
2.
relationship, tie(polite language)
Other readings:
御縁【ごえん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
second marriage
See also:再婚
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