Words
Words with 縁
Kanji 縁, meaning affinity, appears in 212 Japanese vocabulary entries.
黒縁目白
くろへりめじろ
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)
黒縁目白鮫
くろへりめじろざめ
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)
十二縁起説
じゅうにえんぎせつ
Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda)
袖の振り合わせも他生の縁
ふでのふりあわせもたしょうのえん
even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate
普通養子縁組
ふつうようしえんぐみ
regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)
無縁社会
むえんしゃかい
society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other