Word Meaning 縁起

えんぎ engi

縁起 is read as えんぎ (engi) and means dependent arising.

Meaning

English

dependent arising
doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
omen
sign of luck
origin
history
causation

Reading

Kana

えんぎ

Romaji

engi

Writing Variants

縁起いんえん inen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 670 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

縁起物

えんぎもの

talisman

縁起直し

えんぎなおし

change of fortune

縁起担

えんぎかつぎ

being superstitious

縁起を担ぐ

えんぎをかつぐ

to be superstitious

縁起が悪い

えんぎがわるい

of bad omen

縁起の悪い

えんぎのわるい

ominous

縁起がいい

えんぎがいい

of good omen

縁起のいい

えんぎのいい

of good omen

縁起でもない

えんぎでもない

ill-omened

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising

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)

縁

ふち

rim

Example Sentences

７は縁起のいい番号だ。

Seven is a lucky number.

縁起でもないこと言うなよ。

It's bad luck to say that.

縁起の悪いことを言いなさんな。

Don't say such ill-omened things.

４は日本語では縁起の悪い数字だ。

Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.

富士山にかかる笠雲は縁起がいいと言われています。

The cap cloud above Mt. Fuji is said to be a good omen.

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