Moto 縁: Affinity; Relation; ConnectionKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- エン、ネン
- Kun'yomi
- ふち、ふちど(る)、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 236 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (エン・ネン)
- 無縁むえんunrelated; unconnected
- 因縁いんねんfate; destiny
- 血縁けつえんblood relationship; consanguinity
- 縁起えんぎomen; sign of luck
- 絶縁ぜつえんbreaking off relations; disconnection
- 内縁ないえんde facto marriage; common-law marriage
- 地縁ちえんterritorial relationship; regional bond
- 結縁けちえんmaking a connection (with Buddha)
- 縁の下えんのしたout of sight; in the background
- 縁側えんがわveranda; porch
- 縁切りえんきりseparation; divorce
- 縁台えんだいbench
- 縁故えんこrelation; connection
- 縁日えんにちtemple festival; fair
- 縁組えんぐみbetrothal; wedding
- 縁結びえんむすびmarriage; marriage tie
- 縁者えんじゃrelative
- 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; marriage talks
- 縁起物えんぎものtalisman; lucky charm
- 縁遠いえんどおいunconnected; weakly related
- 遠縁とおえんdistant relative
- 離縁りえんdivorce; dissolution of adoption
- 養子縁組ようしえんぐみadoption (of a person)
- か縁かえんcavity margin (e.g. tooth, body)
- くされ縁くされえん(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
- ご縁ごえんfate; chance
- グループ絶縁グループぜつえんgrouping isolation
- 一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁いちじゅのかげいちがのながれもたしょうのえんeverything is preordained
- 一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえんthe events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life
- 不思議な縁ふしぎなえんquirk of fate; curious coincidence
- 不縁ふえんdivorce; unrealized marriage (prospects)
- 仏縁ぶつえんBuddha's providence
- 他生の縁たしょうのえんkarma from a previous existence
- 何かの縁なにかのえんchance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
- 俗縁ぞくえんworldly connection
- 内縁の夫ないえんのおっとde facto husband; common-law husband
- 内縁の妻ないえんのつまde facto wife; common-law wife
- 内縁関係ないえんかんけいde facto marriage; common-law marriage
- 再縁さいえんsecond marriage
- 十二因縁じゅうにいんねんthe twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
- 十二縁起説じゅうにえんぎせつBuddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links
- 口縁こうえんrim of bowl or vessel
- 右縁うえんright margin
- 合い縁あいえんgood relationship
- 合縁あいえんgood relationship
- 合縁奇縁あいえんきえんa couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
- 合縁機縁あいえんきえんa couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
- 周縁しゅうえんfringe; rim
- 周縁化しゅうえんかmarginalization
- 周縁部しゅうえんぶperiphery; margin
- 因果因縁いんがいんねんcause and effect; karma
- 因縁をつけるいんねんをつけるto invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
- 因縁を付けるいんねんをつけるto invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
- 因縁生起いんねんせいきdependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 縁ふちrim; brim
- 額縁がくぶちframe (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
- 三角縁神獣鏡さんかくぶちしんじゅうきょうtriangular rimmed ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
- 回り縁まわりぶちcornice
Other readings
- カネの切れ目が縁の切れ目かねのきれめがえんのきれめrelationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out
- 回縁まわりぶちcornice
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