縁

Meaning

縁 centers on the idea of a link or boundary: a connection or relationship that ties things together, and the edge or border where something meets something else. The edge sense is the physical boundary, while affinity and relation are the abstract ties.

• 縁ふち
  N1

  rim; brim; edge; brink

• 縁ゆかり

  connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

• 無縁むえん
  N1

  unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one

• 縁起えんぎ
  N1

  omen; sign of luck

• 復縁ふくえん

  reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)

• 因縁いんねん

  fate; destiny

• 絶縁ぜつえん

  breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)

• 血縁けつえん
  N1

  blood relationship; consanguinity

• 縁組えんぐみ

  forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.)

• 額縁がくぶち

  (picture) frame

• 縁日えんにち

  temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

• 縁側えんがわ
  N1

  engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses

• 縁へり

  edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road)

• 縁結びえんむすび

  marriage; marriage tie; love knot

• 縁故えんこ

  relation; connection; affinity

• 縁談えんだん
  N1

  marriage proposal; marriage talks

• 腐れ縁くされえん

  (undesirable but) inseparable relationship

• 縁起物えんぎもの

  talisman; lucky charm

• 縁石えんせき

  curb (stone); kerb

• 縁者えんじゃ

  relative; relation

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