Jisho

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Words — 221 found

Noun
1. omen; sign of luck
  • えんぎ縁起
  • しお
  • まいて
  • きよ清める
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
Noun
2. origin; history; causation
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3. dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothingBuddhism, Abbreviation, See also 因縁生起, orig. meaning
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4. PratītyasamutpādaThe doctrine of dependent origination or dependent arisin... Read more
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縁起 【いんえん】
Notes
いんえん: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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Noun
1. blood relationship; consanguinity
  • しょうじき正直な
  • ところ
  • その
  • とうじ当時
  • ぼく
  • けつえん血縁
  • どう
  • とか
  • つづきがら続柄
  • どう
  • とか
  • そういう
  • はなし
  • まるで
  • りかい理解
  • でき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.
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2. blood relative
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3. ConsanguinityConsanguinity ("blood relation", from the Latin consangui... Read more
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血縁 【けちえん】
Notes
けちえん: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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Noun
1. (picture) frame
  • かれ
  • がいとう街頭
  • 買った
  • がくぶち額縁
  • 入れた
He framed the picture he had bought on the street.
Noun
2. architrave (of a door, window, etc.)
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Noun
1. glaucomaMedicine
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Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to oneAntonym: 有縁
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun
2. without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun
3. unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by BuddhaBuddhism, Antonym: 有縁
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Noun
1. fate; destiny
  • はや早く
  • このよをさこの世を去った
  • かのじょ彼女の
  • いんねん因縁
It was her fate to die young.
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2. connection; tie; bond; origin
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3. pretext; justification
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4. hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)Buddhism
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因縁 【いんえん】
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Conjunction
1. therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reasonUsually written using kana alone
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仍って 【よって】依って 【よって】
Notes
因って: Rarely-used kanji form. 仍って: Rarely-used kanji form. 依って: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
2. insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
  • なんぼく軟木
  • ぜつえん絶縁
  • された
  • へや部屋
  • および
  • よい
  • ヒーター
  • サウナ
  • ため
  • ぜったいひつよう絶対必要
  • である
An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
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Noun
1. engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese housesSee also
Noun
2. bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a finOnly applies to 縁側, See also 担鰭骨
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3. EngawaEngawa refers to the typically wooden strip of flooring i... Read more
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椽側 【えんがわ】
Notes
椽側: Rarely-used kanji form.
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. unconnected; weakly related; alien; far beyond (one's means, ability)
  • わたし私の
  • 読んだ
  • ぼうけんだん冒険談
  • じっせいかつ実生活
  • とは
  • えんどお縁遠い
The adventures I read about are absent from my life.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. having little prospect of marriage
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.)
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2. adoptionLaw, See also 養子縁組
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縁組み 【えんぐみ】
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Noun
1. curb (stone); kerb
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2. Curb (road)</div> A curb (American English), or kerb, is the edge wh... Read more
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縁石 【ふちいし】縁石 【へりいし】
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Noun
1. fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
  • かね
  • きれめ切れ目
  • えん
  • きれめ切れ目
The end of money is the end of love.
Noun
2. relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
  • こせき戸籍
  • じょう
  • えん
  • 切れて
  • せきじつ昔日
  • きずな
  • そのまま
Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
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3. family ties; affinity
Noun
4. opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship)Only applies to えん
Noun
5. pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes)Buddhism, Only applies to えん, See also
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6. narrow open-air verandaOnly applies to えん, also written as 椽
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縁 【えにし】縁 【え】縁 【えに】江に 【えに】
Notes
江に: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
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Noun
1. cliff edge; edge of a precipice
Noun
2. perilous position; critical moment; brink
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崖っ縁 【がけっぷち】崖縁 【がけぷち】崖縁 【がけぶち】
Notes
崖縁: Irregular okurigana usage. 崖縁: Irregular okurigana usage.
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Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated toSee also 縁のない
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縁が無い 【えんがない】
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えんしたちから 力持
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
1. unsung hero; person who does a thankless taskIdiomatic expression
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Kanji — 1 found

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15 strokes. JLPT N1. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
On: エン -ネン
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