affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
15 strokes · frequency rank #1291
- エン、-ネン
- ふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
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- 縁ふちrim; brim; edge; brink1
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。
The end of money is the end of love.
鎌倉は源氏ゆかりの地です。
Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.
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; indifferent2
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.
この金属は錆とは無縁です。
This metal is free of rust.
彼はその事件とまったく無縁ではない。
He is involved in the case a little.
- 因縁いんねんfate; destiny3
早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
It was her fate to die young.
48歳の川勝良一監督はことし6月に福岡を引き継いだが、46歳の松田監督とは因縁浅からぬ関係だ。
The 48-year-old Ryouichi Kawakatsu took over as coach at Fukuoka in June this year, but his fate is closely linked with that of 46-year-old Matsuda.
- 絶縁ぜつえんbreaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)4
軟木の絶縁された部屋およびよいヒーターはサウナのための絶対必要である。
An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
- 縁側えんがわengawa5
- 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; marriage talks6
- 縁起えんぎomen; sign of luck7
縁起に塩をまいて清める。
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
7は縁起のいい番号だ。
Seven is a lucky number.
縁起の悪いことを言いなさんな。
Don't say such a thing.
- 血縁けつえんblood relationship; consanguinity8
正直なところ、その当時の僕は血縁がどうとか、続柄がどうとか、そういう話はまるで理解出来ちゃいなかった。
Truthfully, at that time, I didn't have the first idea about such talk: family links, blood relations or whatever.
- 内縁ないえんde facto marriage; common-law marriage9
- 地縁ちえんterritorial relationship; regional bond10