strange coincidence; odd fate; unexpected connection
Refers to a mysterious or unlikely meeting or relationship, often with a sense of destiny or a twist of fate.
Meeting an old friend on a trip is a strange coincidence.
この出会いは単なる奇縁ではないと思う。
I think this encounter is not just a mere coincidence.
uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate; a couple strangely but happily united
Compound of 奇 (ki, 'strange, mysterious') and 縁 (en, 'fate, connection, relationship'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in literary and everyday contexts to describe uncanny meetings.