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Illustration of 縁

縁えん

えん en Play N1 Noun

人や物事とのつながりや関係。また、巡り合わせや運命。 chance; fate; destiny; relation; bonds; connection; karma

Example 1

戸籍こせき上じょうの縁えんは切きれても、昔日せきじつの絆きずなはそのままだ。

Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.

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Example 2

金かねの切きれ目めが縁えんの切きれ目め。

The end of money is the end of love.

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Kanji breakdown

縁

N1

affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink

On reading
エン、-ネン
Kun reading
ふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし
Radical
糸
Illustration of 縁側
N1

えんがわ

veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor

Illustration of 縁談
N1

えんだん

marriage proposal; engagement

Illustration of 縁

縁

N3

ふち

rim; brim; edge; brink