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連累 (れんるい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
complicity ; implication ; involvement
Refers to being implicated or involved in a crime, scandal, or undesirable situation, often through association with others. Formal and somewhat literary.
その スキャンダル に 連れん 累るい し た 政せい 治じ 家か が 辞じ 任にん し た 。
The politician implicated in the scandal resigned.
Kanji 累 accumulate, involvement, trouble Similar words 共きょう 犯はん 共犯 specifically means 'complicity' as a legal concept or 'accomplice', while 連累 is broader, covering any kind of implication or entanglement in a matter.
関かん 与よ 関与 is a more neutral and common word for 'involvement' or 'participation', whereas 連累 carries a negative nuance of being dragged into trouble.
Etymology Compound of 連 (ren, 'link, connect') and 累 (rui, 'accumulate, involve'). The combination suggests being connected to and entangled in a matter, often with negative consequences.
