Word Meaning 袖ふりあうも他生の縁

そでふりあうもたしょうのえん sodefuriaumotashou no en

袖ふりあうも他生の縁 is read as そでふりあうもたしょうのえん (sodefuriaumotashou no en) and means even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond.

Meaning

English

  1. even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond
  2. even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life

Reading

Kana

そでふりあうもたしょうのえん

Romaji

sodefuriaumotashou no en

Writing Variants

  • 袖触り合うも多生の縁 そでふりあうもたしょうのえん sodefuriaumotashou no en
  • 袖振り合うも他生の縁 そでふりあうもたしょうのえん sodefuriaumotashou no en
  • 袖振り合うも多生の縁 そでふりあうもたしょうのえん sodefuriaumotashou no en

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb Rank 117943 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

袖すり合うも他生の縁

そですりあうもたしょうのえん

a meeting by chance is preordained

他生の縁

たしょうのえん

karma from a previous existence

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising

他生

たしょう

previous existence

他校生

たこうせい

student at another school

袖無羽織

そでなしばおり

sleeveless haori

血縁

けちえん

blood relative

無縁

むえん

unrelated to the teachings of Buddha

ふち

rim