► 成句
縁の下の力持ち [(3)えんのしたのちからもち] meaning: support rank: 4
☆ 彼はこの計画の縁の下の力持ちだ ⇨ He is the tough guy under the floor for this project. He does all the dirty work for others
► 名詞
縁 [(1)えん] meaning: chance rank: 2
☆ 彼とは不思議な縁で出会った ⇨ I met him by a strange twist of fate
縁 [(1)えん] meaning: fate rank: 2
☆ ここでお会いしたのも何かの御縁でしょう (ごえん) ⇨ This must be some kind of fate that we’ve met here (☛ A fate that ties people)
縁 [(1)えん] meaning: involve rank: 2
☆ 私は賭け事とは全く縁が無い ⇨ I have nothing to do with gambling. I never do any gambling
縁 [(1)えん] meaning: relation rank: 2
☆ 彼は親と縁を切った ⇨ He severed the relationship with his parents (☛ Usually blood relationships)
縁 [(2)へり] meaning: edge rank: 3
☆ 彼は舞台のへりから落ちた ⇨ He fell from the edge of the stage
縁 [(2)ふち] meaning: edge rank: 3
☆ 帽子のつばの縁 ⇨ The edge of the brim of a hat (☛ Usually an edge of something thin)
縁 [(2)ふち] meaning: frame rank: 3
☆ 眼鏡の縁 ⇨ A glass frame
縁 [ゆかり] meaning: connect rank: 4
☆ 彼は縁もゆかりも無い土地に移り住んだ (えんもゆかりも) ⇨ He moved to a place where he has no connections and history (☛ Personal connections)
縁の下 [(3)えんのした] meaning: under rank: 4
☆ 縁の下に猫が住み着いた ⇨ Cats got to live in the crawl space