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縁
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
family ties; affinity
えん only
opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship)
えん only; Buddhism
pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes)
えん only; Also written as 椽
narrow open-air veranda
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one
without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
Buddhism
unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
fate; destiny
connection; tie; bond; origin
pretext; justification
Buddhism
hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
reason; significance; cause
由 only
piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses
縁側 only
bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
blood relationship; consanguinity
blood relative
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
unconnected; weakly related; alien; far beyond (one's means, ability)
having little prospect of marriage
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)
Transitive verb
insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
to be fated to; be linked by fate
ill-omened; unlucky
omen; sign of luck
origin; history; causation
Abbreviation; Buddhism; Orig. meaning
dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
(picture) frame
architrave (of a door, window, etc.)