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縁 : Affinity

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Components:

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

On 'yomi:
エン(en) -ネン(nen)
Kun 'yomi:
ふち(fuchi) ふちど.る(fuchido.ru) ゆかり(yukari) よすが(yosuga) へり(heri) えにし(enishi)
Strokes:15
Radical: (120)
Usage Rating:1291
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:8
Unicode:07e01
jis208:17-79
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縁 Usage examples

が遠い(えんがとおい)distantly related
がない(えんがない)
が無い(えんがない)
have no relation to, have no luck with, not be fated to
談を調える(えんだんをととのえる)to arrange a marriage
を切る(えんをきる)to get a divorce, to sever connections
(がいえん)brink, outer edge
(けちえん)making a connection (with Buddha)
の妻(ないえんのつま)de facto wife, common-law wife
夫婦のを結ぶ(ふうふのえんをむすぶ)to get married
不思議な(ふしぎなえん)quirk of fate, curious coincidence, happy chance
裂れ(ふちぎれ)border strip
盆の(ぼんのふち)edge of a tray
(よすか)reminder, memento, clue, way, means
(えんせき)curb (stone)
につながる(えんにつながる)
に繋がる(えんにつながる)
to be related to someone by blood
結びの神(えんむすびのかみ)god of marriage, matchmaker
回り(まわりえん)
(まわりえん)
(まわりえん)
cornice
崖っ(がけっぷち)edge (e.g. of a cliff, precipice), critical point or moment
(かわべり)riverbank, riverside
木にって魚を求む(きによってうおをもとむ)to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)
墓地(むえんぼち)cemetery for those who left no relatives behind
因果因(いんがいんねん)cause and effect, karma, retribution, an evil cause producing an evil effect
故採用(えんこさいよう)employment of workers through (personal) connections
故政治(えんこせいじ)crony politics, nepotistic government
故募集(えんこぼしゅう)private (stock) offering (subscription)
者贔屓(えんじゃびいき)nepotism
関係(けつえんかんけい)blood relationship, blood relations, being genetically related
関係(ないえんかんけい)de facto marriage, common-law marriage, living together as husband and wife without formal marriage
関係(るいえんかんけい)(having) a close relationship (with)
(へり)fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.), edging, hem, margin, fringe, selvage
起の悪い(えんぎのわるい)ominous, ill-omened, sinister
起でもない(えんぎでもない)unlucky
起を担ぐ(えんぎをかつぐ)
起をかつぐ(えんぎをかつぐ)
to be superstitious, to believe in omens
木にりて魚を求む(きによりてうおをもとむ)to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree
をつける(いんねんをつける)
を付ける(いんねんをつける)
to invent a pretext for a quarrel, to pick a fight
は異なもの味なもの(えんはいなものあじなもの)inscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together
は異なもの(えんはいなもの)inscrutable are the ways people are brought together, there is no telling how people are brought together
(たたみべり)the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat
金の切れ目がの切れ目(かねのきれめがえんのきれめ)relationships (formed by wealth) will end when the money ends