Vocab Info

N1 Noun

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

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)

    2. Noun

      2.

      relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection

    3. Noun

      3.

      family ties, affinity

    4. Noun

      4.

      opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship)

      Only applies to えん

    5. Noun

      5.

      pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes)

      Buddhism, Only applies to えん,

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    6. Noun

      6.

      narrow open-air veranda

      also written as 椽, Only applies to えん

    All Forms

    縁 【えん】、縁 【えにし】、縁 【えに】、縁 【え】、江に 【えに】

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      • え

      • ん

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    Examples

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      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}

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      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}

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      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}

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      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}

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      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}

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