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無縁
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 無縁.
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Entry
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
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