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Meanings
- 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
- reason, significance, cause
- piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...
- something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means
- someone to rely on, relative
- reminder, memento
- edge (of a river, woods, etc.), shoulder (of a road)
- rim, brim, hem, margin, fringe, selvage
- fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.), edging
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Example sentences
I feel that she and I are bound together by a mysterious fate.
One must cherish the bonds one has with others.
It must be because of a bond from a past life that we were able to meet like this now.
It came to pass that I moved to a place with no ties or connections whatsoever.
He deeply believed that their meeting was not a coincidence, but something brought about by a fateful bond.
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