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縁 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 縁 意味

affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

縁 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

-ネン -nen
ふち fuchi
ふち.どる fuchi.doru
ゆかり yukari
よすが yosuga
へり heri
えにし enishi

KUNYOMI 訓読み

エン en

Examples

彼らは水瓶を縁まで一杯にした。So they filled them to the brim.
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。The end of money is the end of love.
鎌倉は源氏ゆかりの地です。Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.
彼女のドレスのへりはほころびていた。The border of her dress was torn.
戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
彼は川のふちに腰を下ろした。He sat at the edge of the stream.
彼はその一族に縁がある。He is related to the family.
私たちはがけのふちに立った。We stood on the brink of a cliff.
その道縁には垣根がある。The path is bordered with hedges.
テーブルの縁にグラスを置かないで下さい。Don’t put the glass near the edge of the table.

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