Word details

縁遠い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 縁遠い.

Dictionary

Entry

縁遠いんどおい~い Adj.Freq #20458
1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; far beyond (one's means, ability)

Examples
私の読んだ冒険談は実生活とは縁遠い
The adventures I read about are absent from my life.
2

having little prospect of marriage

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

distant, far

12 strokesFrequency 887JLPT N3Grade 2

On

エンオン

Kun

とお.い

Nanori

おにどお

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