縁 — affinity, relation, connection

Common words with 縁

• 縁ふちrim; brim; edge; brinkCommon

  彼らは水瓶を縁まで一杯にした。
  They filled the jug to the brim.

• 無縁むえんunrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing…Common

  当時、貧乏は彼らにとっては無縁なものと思われた。
  Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.

• 因縁いんねんfate; destinyCommon

  早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
  It was her fate to die young.

• 血縁けつえんblood relationship; consanguinityCommon
• 縁起えんぎomen; sign of luckCommon
• 絶縁ぜつえんbreaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with…Common
• 縁側えんがわengawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese housesCommon
• 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; marriage talksCommon
• 額縁がくぶち(picture) frameCommon
• 地縁ちえんterritorial relationship; regional bondOccasional
• 縁故えんこrelation; connection; affinityOccasional
• 縁切りえんきりseparation; divorce; severing of connectionsOccasional
• 内縁ないえんde facto marriage; common-law marriageOccasional
• 縁の下えんのしたunder the veranda; under the floorOccasional
• 縁日えんにちtemple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought…Occasional
• 縁者えんじゃrelative; relationOccasional
• 縁組えんぐみforming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.)Occasional
• 縁結びえんむすびmarriage; marriage tie; love knotOccasional
• 遠縁とおえんdistant relativeOccasional
• 縁台えんだいbenchOccasional

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