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ふちべにべんけい縁紅弁慶フチベニベンケイNounUsually kana
1

jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant

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)

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

縁合い縁合えんあいNounFreq #194943
1

Rare term

relative; person to whom one is close

縁者贔屓縁者びいきえんじゃびいきNoun
1

Rare term

nepotism

縁の色ゆかりのいろNounArchaic
1

violet

無縁むえんNoun～の Adj.Freq #6736
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one

Examples
当時、貧乏は彼らにとっては無縁なものと思われた。
Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.
2

without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives

3

Buddhism

unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

因縁いんねんいんえんNounFreq #7164
1

fate; destiny

Examples
早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
It was her fate to die young.
2

connection; tie; bond; origin

3

pretext; justification

4

Buddhism

hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

血縁けつえんけちえんNounFreq #14431
1

blood relationship; consanguinity

Examples
正直なところ、その当時の僕は血縁がどうとか、続柄がどうとか、そういう話はまるで理解出来ちゃいなかった。
Truthfully, at that time, I didn't have the first idea about such talk: family links, blood relations or whatever.
2

blood relative

腐れ縁くされ縁くされえんNounFreq #20409
1

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

Examples
腐れ縁と思ってあきらめる。
Make the best of one's lot with fatal resignation.
ご縁御縁ごえんNounPoliteFreq #23584
1

fate; chance

2

relationship; tie

離縁りえんNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #24540
1

divorce

2

dissolution of adoption

絶縁ぜつえんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #24835
1

breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)

2

Transitive verb

insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

Examples
軟木の絶縁された部屋およびよいヒーターはサウナのための絶対必要である。
An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
遠縁とおえんNoun～の Adj.Freq #26340
1

distant relative

額縁がくぶちNounFreq #26347
1

(picture) frame

Examples
彼は街頭で買った絵を額縁に入れた。
He framed the picture he had bought on the street.
2

architrave (of a door, window, etc.)

由縁ゆえんNounFreq #27592
1

acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

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

外縁がいえんNoun～な Adj.Freq #32347
1

brink; outer edge

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)

黒縁黒ぶちくろぶちNounFreq #35957
1

black rim; black edge

良縁りょうえんNounFreq #39828
1

good match; suitable candidate (for marriage)

2

Buddhism

good opportunity to be saved by Buddha

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