Kanji1 / 15
縁 kanji
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
エン-ネン
Kun readings
ふちふちどるゆかりよすがへりえにし
Variant forms
緣Words with 縁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —絶縁フィルムinsulator film; insulator tape; electrical film
- —縁故資本主義crony capitalism
- —特別養子縁組special adoption; plenary adoption; adoption in which the relationship with the biological parents is dissolved
- —戦闘陣地の前縁forward edge of the battle area
- —縁の下の力持ちunsung hero; person who does a thankless task
- —太陽系外縁天体trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
- —縁もゆかりもないhaving no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
- —縁は異なもの味なものinscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together
- —袖振り合うも他生の縁even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond; even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life
- —袖すり合うも多生の縁a meeting by chance is preordained
- —金の切れ目が縁の切れ目relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love
- —袖の振り合わせも他生の縁even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate
- —一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
- —一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁everything is preordained
- —濡縁open veranda; open verandah
- —か縁cavity margin (e.g. tooth, body)
- —相縁good relationship
- —愛縁good relationship; affectionate relationship; loving relationship
- —縁合relative; person to whom one is close
- —御縁fate; chance; relationship; tie