宿しゅく縁えん

noun

destiny; fate; karma

Buddhist-influenced term for a deep, predetermined connection or fate from a previous life. Often used in literary or spiritual contexts.

• 二人ふたりの出で会あいは宿しゅく縁えんとしか思おもえない。

  Their meeting can only be thought of as destiny.

• 宿しゅく縁えんによって結むすばれた縁えんは切きれない。

  A bond tied by fate cannot be broken.