Word details

縁がない

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 縁がない.

Dictionary

Entry

縁がない縁が無いえんがない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #18787
1

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

Examples
あの女の子はお金に縁がなく育ったが、結婚してからは浪費家になった。
The girl had grown up without any money and when she married she became a spendthrift.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

15 strokesFrequency 1,291JLPT N1Grade 8

On

エン-ネン

Kun

ふちふち.どるゆかりよすがへりえにし

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

な.い

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