Dictionary

Results for “縁”

Showing 40 entries

• 01
  縁ふちExact matchCommon

  rim, brim, edge, brink

• 02
  縁ゆかりExact match

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

• 03
  縁よすがExact match

  something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means; someone to rely on, relative; reminder, memento

• 04
  縁へりExact match

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

• 05
  縁えんExact match

  fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection; family ties, affinity

• 06
  由よしExact matchCommon

  reason, significance, cause; piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...

• 07
  縁起えんぎCommon

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

• 08
  縁側えんがわCommon

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

• 09
  縁談えんだんCommon

  marriage proposal, marriage talks

• 10
  縁組えんぐみ

  forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.); adoption

• 11
  縁者えんじゃ

  relative

• 12
  縁取るふちどる

  to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge

• 13
  縁日えんにち

  temple festival, fair, fete day, day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

• 14
  縁遠いえんどおい

  unconnected, weakly related, alien, far beyond (one's means, ability); having little prospect of marriage

• 15
  縁故えんこ

  relation, connection, affinity

• 16
  縁戚えんせき

  relative

• 17
  縁の下えんのした

  out of sight, in the background, unnoticed, under the veranda

• 18
  縁切りえんきり

  separation, divorce, severing of connections

• 19
  縁辺えんぺん

  edge, relative, relations, border

• 20
  縁先えんさき

  veranda edge

• 21
  縁取りふちどり

  hemming, bordering

• 22
  縁語えんご

  associated word

• 23
  縁付くえんづく

  to marry

• 24
  縁石えんせき

  curb (stone), kerb

• 25
  縁結びえんむすび

  marriage, marriage tie, love knot

• 26
  縁台えんだい

  bench

• 27
  縁続きえんつづき

  relative

• 28
  縁飾りふちかざり

  edging, frill

• 29
  縁付きえんづき

  marriage

• 30
  縁付きへりつき

  deckle-edged (e.g. paper)

• 31
  縁付けるえんづける

  to marry off, to give in marriage

• 32
  縁者贔屓えんじゃびいき

  nepotism

• 33
  縁起担ぎえんぎかつぎ

  being superstitious, superstitious person

• 34
  縁のないえんのない

  unrelated, unconnected

• 35
  縁起物えんぎもの

  talisman, lucky charm

• 36
  縁起でもないえんぎでもない

  ill-omened, unlucky

• 37
  縁籍えんせき

  relatives

• 38
  縁の色ゆかりのいろ

  violet

• 39
  縁故主義えんこしゅぎ

  nepotism

• 40
  縁起がいいえんぎがいい

  of good omen, auspicious, lucky, auguring well (for), boding well (for)