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

今(いま)の夫(おっと)とは、縁(えん)があって結(むす)ばれました。

I was bound to my current husband through fate. {fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda}

悪(あく)の道(みち)に走(はし)った兄(あに)と兄弟(きょうだい)の縁(えん)を切(き)ることにした。

I decided to sever my relationship with my brother who had gone down the path of evil. {fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda}

親友(しんゆう)とは前世(ぜんせ)からの縁(えん)で繋(つな)がっているような気(き)がします。

I feel like I have a bond with my best friend that seems to be connected by fate from a previous life. {fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda}

今(いま)の親友(しんゆう)とは、進級(しんきゅう)時(じ)に隣(となり)の席(せき)になったのが縁(えん)で友達(ともだち)になりました。

I became friends with my current best friend when we ended up sitting next to each other after being promoted to the next grade, thanks to a twist of fate. {fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda}

金(かね)の切(き)れ目(め)は縁(えん)の切(き)れ目(め)という諺(ことわざ)の通(とお)り、僕(ぼく)が一文(いちもん)無(な)しになると多(おお)くの人(ひと)が離(はな)れていった。

Just as the saying goes "where the money ends, the bond ends," many people left me when I became penniless. {fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda}