Search Terms: *縁
Dictionary results(showing 1-25 of 82 results)
noun
1.
reason, significance, cause
2.
piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...(only relevant for 由)
Other readings:
因【よし】
、縁【よし】
no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
1.
unrelated, unconnected, irrelevant, indifferent, divorced from, having nothing to do with one, being foreign to one
no-adjective, noun
2.
without relations (esp. of a deceased person), having no surviving relatives
3.
unrelated to the teachings of Buddha, unable to be saved by Buddha(Buddhist term)
noun
1.
blood relationship, consanguinity
2.
blood relative
Other readings:
血縁【けちえん】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
fate, destiny
2.
connection, tie, bond, origin
3.
pretext, justification
4.
hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
因縁【いんえん】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
breaking off relations, disconnection
2.
insulation (esp. electrical), isolation
noun
•
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
Other readings:
額ぶち【がくぶち】
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】
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)
expression
•
everything is preordained(proverb)
noun
•
cause and effect, karma, retribution, an evil cause producing an evil effect(yojijukugo)
Kanji results(showing 1 results)
Common kanji
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
KUN:
- ふちfuchi
- ふちど.るfuchido.ru
- ゆかりyukari
- よすがyosuga
- へりheri
- えにしenishi
ON:
- エンen
- -ネン-nen