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芳縁 (ほうえん, houen) Japanese meaning: good fate | Kotomora

芳ほう縁えん

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Meanings

1

good fate; auspicious fate

archaic

Archaic noun for a fortunate or auspicious destiny. Not used in modern everyday speech; encountered mainly in classical texts.

古こ典てんでは「芳ほう縁えん」を善よき縁えんと記しるすことがある。

Kanji

芳perfume, balmy, favorable
縁affinity, relation, connection

Related words

良りょう縁えん
良縁 is a modern term for a good match or favorable connection, especially in marriage, while 芳縁 is an archaic equivalent rarely used today.

Etymology

Compound of 芳 (fragrant, favorable) and 縁 (fate, connection). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Japanese as a literary term for auspicious destiny.

In classical texts, 芳縁 is sometimes written to mean a good connection or fate.