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Proverb

inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together; marriages are made in heaven

to marry off; to give in marriage

(system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

Proverb

inscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together

Buddhism

pratyekabuddha (one who achieves enlightenment without a teacher)

use of related words to enhance expression (in classical Japanese poetry or prose); semantically related words

relatives

festival vendor

connection; relationship

origin; reason; cause

motive (e.g. for an act)

(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

change of fortune; trying to change one's luck

marriage

nepotism

to arrange a marriage

evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

deckle-edged (e.g. paper)

being superstitious; superstitious person

marriage contract

border strip

crony politics; nepotistic government

recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections

private (stock) offering (subscription)

crony capitalism

Idiomatic expression

hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda

Orig. meaning

off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennōji temple

Proverb

don't try to force good things to happen