Jisho

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Words — 226 found

Noun
1. omen; sign of luck​
  • えんぎ縁起
  • に
  • しお塩
  • を
  • まいて
  • きよ清める
  • 。
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
Noun
2. origin; history; causation​
Noun
3. dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing​Buddhism, Abbreviation, See also 因縁生起, orig. meaning
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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
  • の
  • ぼく僕
  • は
  • けつえん血縁
  • が
  • どう
  • とか
  • 、
  • つづきがら続柄
  • が
  • どう
  • とか
  • 、
  • そういう
  • はなし話
  • は
  • 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.
Noun
2. blood relative​
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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​
  • かれ彼
  • は
  • がいとう街頭
  • で
  • か買った
  • え絵
  • を
  • がくぶち額縁
  • に
  • い入れた
  • 。
He framed the picture he had bought on the street.
Noun
2. architrave (of a door, window, etc.)​
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Noun
1. glaucoma​Medicine
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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 one​Antonym: 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 Buddha​Buddhism, Antonym: 有縁
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Conjunction
1. therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason​Usually 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
1. fate; destiny​
  • はや早く
  • このよをさこの世を去った
  • の
  • も
  • かのじょ彼女の
  • いんねん因縁
  • だ
  • 。
It was her fate to die young.
Noun
2. connection; tie; bond; origin​
Noun
3. pretext; justification​
Noun
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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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
  • の
  • ぜつえん絶縁
  • された
  • へや部屋
  • および
  • よい
  • ヒーター
  • は
  • サウナ
  • の
  • ため
  • の
  • 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 houses​See also 縁
Noun
2. bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin​Only applies to 縁側, See also 担鰭骨
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3. Engawa​Engawa 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
  • よ読んだ
  • ぼうけんだん冒険談
  • は
  • 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.)​
Noun
2. adoption​Law, 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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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)​
  • かね金
  • の
  • きれめ切れ目
  • が
  • えん縁
  • の
  • 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
  • じょう上
  • の
  • えん縁
  • は
  • き切れて
  • も
  • 、
  • せきじつ昔日
  • の
  • きずな絆
  • は
  • そのまま
  • だ
  • 。
Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
Noun
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 因
Noun
6. narrow open-air veranda​Only 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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Noun
1. (undesirable but) inseparable relationship​
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くされ縁 【くされえん】
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Kanji — 1 found

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