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縁 ふち N3

  1. brim; brink; edge; rim

縁 えん N3

  1. destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); fate
  2. bond; connection; link; relationship (e.g. between two people)
  3. affinity; family ties
  4. chance (to meet someone and start a relationship); opportunity
  5. pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes)
  6. narrow open-air veranda

縁 へり N1

  1. edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road)
  2. brim; fringe; hem; margin; rim; selvage
  3. edging; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.)

縁 ゆかり

  1. affinity; connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation

縁 よすが

  1. aid; clue; means; something to rely on; way
  2. relative; someone to rely on
  3. memento; reminder

縁側 えんがわ N1

  1. engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses
  2. bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

縁談 えんだん N1

  1. marriage proposal; marriage talks

縁起 えんぎ

  1. omen; sign of luck
  2. causation; history; origin
  3. dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

縁がある えんがある

  1. be linked by fate; to be fated to

縁がない えんがない

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