Search Terms: *縁*
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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
1.
omen, sign of luck
2.
origin, history, causation
3.
dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing(abbreviation, Buddhist term)(orig. meaning)
See also:因縁生起
Other readings:
縁起【いんえん】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
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
•
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
•
separation, divorce, severing of connections
noun
•
glaucoma
Other readings:
縁内障【りょくないしょう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
no-adjective, noun
•
out of sight, in the background, unnoticed, under the veranda(idiom )
noun
•
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
2.
Other readings:
縁組み【えんぐみ】
noun
•
marriage, marriage tie, love knot
Other readings:
縁むすび【えんむすび】
adjective
1.
unconnected, weakly related, alien, far beyond (one's means, ability)
2.
having little prospect of marriage
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