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

Readings

On'yomi

エン-ネン

Kun'yomi

ふちふちど.るゆかりよすがへりえにし

Example words

• 縁ふちrim; brim; edge; brink
• 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; engagement
• 縁側えんがわ(1) veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor (2) bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
• 縁ゆかりrelated to (some place); affinity; connection
• 縁えん(1) fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together) (2) relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection (3) family ties; affinity (4) opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) (5) pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) (6) narrow open-air veranda
• 縁へりedge; tip; margin