Kanji

縁

縁

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

エン, -ネン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ふち, ふちどる, ゆかり, よすが, へり, えにし

Nanori (Name Reading)

まさ, むね, やす, ゆか, ゆかり, よ, よし, より

Common Readings

エン, ふち

Example sentences

縁 えん
今日ここであなたに会えたのも、何かの縁でしょう。

It must be some kind of fate that we met here today.

振り合う ふりあう
「袖振り合うも多生の縁」ということわざがある。

There is a proverb that says, 'Even brushing sleeves is a karmic connection from a previous life.'

無縁 むえん
彼は不摂生な生活を送っており、健康とは無縁だ。

He leads an unhealthy life and is far removed from health.

因縁 いんねん
二つのチームの間には深い因縁がある。

There is a deep history between the two teams.

縁談 えんだん
両親が持ってきた縁談を、彼はきっぱりと断った。

He flatly refused the marriage talk brought by his parents.

血縁 けつえん
彼とは血縁がない。

I have no blood relation with him.

縁側 えんがわ
おじいさんは縁側で日向ぼっこをしている

The old man is basking in the sun on the veranda.

涼む すずむ
夏の夜は、縁側で涼むのが一番だ。

On a summer night, cooling off on the veranda is the best.

Example Vocabulary

縁

えん

fate; connection; bond; relation

無縁

むえん

unrelated; disconnected; having no connection

因縁

いんねん

fate; destiny; connection; history; pretext

縁談

えんだん

marriage proposal; talk of marriage; matchmaking

血縁

けつえん

blood relation; blood tie

縁側

えんがわ

veranda; porch

縁を切る

えんをきる

縁がない

えんがない

腐れ縁

くされえん

縁のない

えんのない

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