► 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)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 [(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 [ゆかり] meaning: connect rank: 4
☆ 彼は縁も縁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)
☆ ここは紫式部の縁の地として知られている ⇨ This place is known where Mulasaki-Shikibu used to live (☛ 紫式部 was a famous female writer in 11th century)
More examples:
- 縁起でもない！ ⇨ That’s a bad luck!
- 彼は流行とは無縁の生活を送っている ⇨ He lives a life that has nothing to do with the pop culture
- 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目 ⇨ When money breaks, stops flowing, the relationship will break up too
- 彼等の縁談は破談になった ⇨ Their marriage deal was canceled
- 縁の下に猫が住み着いた ⇨ Cats got to live in the crawl space
- 彼等夫婦は復縁した ⇨ They reconciled and remarried with each other
- 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
- 縁日のお祭りに行った ⇨ We went to a festival on a religious holiday
- チンピラに因縁をつけられた ⇨ A thug tried to pick a fight with me
- 電線は絶縁されていなかった ⇨ The cable was not insulated
- 親から絶縁状が届いた ⇨ I got a severance letter from my parents
- 縁起が悪いこと言うな ⇨ Don’t say things that bring bad luck
- 彼等は養子縁組した ⇨ They officially become an adopter and adoptee
- 私は試合の前にいつも縁起を担いで…をする ⇨ I always do … before a match for good luck
- 内縁の妻 ⇨ An unofficial, de-facto, wife