因ちなみ

noun

association; link; connection

Refers to a relationship or tie between things. Most often encountered in the adverbial phrase 因みに (by the way), which signals a related remark.

See also: ちなみに

• この二ふたつの事じ件けんには何なにか因ちなみがあるのだろうか。

  I wonder if there is some connection between these two incidents.

• この地ち名めいと伝でん説せつの因ちなみを調しらべた。

  I looked into the connection between this place name and the legend.

noun

pledge; promise

Archaic or literary use for a vow, especially a marriage pledge. Rare in modern Japanese; the common word for promise is 約束.

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょには、夫ふう婦ふの因ちなみを神かみに誓ちかう言こと葉ばが記しるされている。

  In old documents, words swearing a marital pledge to the gods are recorded.