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血縁者けつえんしゃNoun
1

blood relative

飛縁魔ひのえんまNoun
1

Japanese mythology

yōkai appearing as a beautiful woman who seduces men leading them to ruin and ultimately death

フチなし縁なし縁無しふちなしUsually kana
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

rimless (e.g. glasses)

2

Noun or verb acting prenominally

borderless (e.g. printing)

林縁りんえんNoun
1

forest edge; forest border

細縁ほそぶちNoun～の Adj.
1

thin rim (e.g. on glasses); thin edge

ヘリカメムシ縁亀虫へりかめむしNounUsually kana
1

coreid bug

縁故者えんこしゃNoun
1

related person; relative

全縁ぜんえんNoun
1

Botany

entire margin (of a leaf); leaf edge without serrations or bumps

何かの縁なにかのえんNounExpressionFreq #27725
1

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

崖っぷち崖っ縁がけっぷち (崖っぷち／崖っ縁)がけぷち (崖縁)がけぶち (崖縁)崖縁NounFreq #31520
1

cliff edge; edge of a precipice

Examples
彼はがけっぷちに立っていた。
He stood on the edge of the cliff.
2

perilous position; critical moment; brink

血縁関係けつえんかんけいNoun～の Adj.Freq #34943
1

blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

Examples
南諸島のコミュニティの中にはまったくの正反対の血縁関係のパターンが観察されるであろう。
A diametrically opposed kinship pattern is to be observed among certain South Sea Island communities.
養子縁組養子縁組みようしえんぐみNounFreq #35314
1

Law

adoption (of a person)

縁を結ぶえんをむすぶExpressionGodan verbFreq #41760
1

to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.)

2

Buddhism

to form a connection (with Buddha)

因縁をつける因縁を付けるいんねんをつけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #41799
1

to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

Examples
あの男はよくつまらぬことで誰にでも因縁をつける。
He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.
縁もゆかりもないえんもゆかりもないExpressionFreq #45147
1

having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

縁起が悪いえんぎがわるいExpressionFreq #47459
1

of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

親類縁者しんるいえんじゃNoun四字熟語Freq #50762
1

one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin

不思議な縁ふしぎなえんNounExpressionFreq #54338
1

quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance

縁起の悪いえんぎのわるい～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #56313
1

ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister

縁起がいい縁起が良い縁起がよいえんぎがいい (縁起がいい／縁起が良い)えんぎがよい (縁起が良い／縁起がよい)ExpressionFreq #57259
1

Adjective - yoi/ii class

of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

縁の下の力持ちえんのしたのちからもちNounExpressionFreq #62173
1

Idiomatic expression

unsung hero; person who does a thankless task

Examples
彼は縁の下の力持ちだ。
He is an unsung hero.
縁起の良い縁起のいい縁起のよいえんぎのいい (縁起の良い／縁起のいい)えんぎのよい (縁起の良い／縁起のよい)ExpressionFreq #77845
1

Adjective - yoi/ii class

of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

縁結びの神えんむすびのかみNounFreq #79433
1

god of marriage; matchmaker

内縁の妻ないえんのつまNounExpressionFreq #82168
1

de facto wife; common-law wife

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