Word Meaning 縁起

えんぎ engi

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

Meaning

English

  1. dependent arising
  2. doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
  3. omen
  4. sign of luck
  5. origin
  6. history
  7. 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 479 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

縁起担ぎ

えんぎかつぎ

being superstitious

縁起を担ぐ

えんぎをかつぐ

to be superstitious

縁起の良い

えんぎのいい

of good omen

縁起が悪い

えんぎがわるい

of bad omen

縁起がいい

えんぎがいい

of good omen

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)

ふち

rim