Illustration: At a neighborhood gathering in Japan, two elderly friends sit shoulder to shoulder, holding an old photograph of themselves as children beside the same distinctive courtyard tree visible behind them. Their adult children have drawn their chairs together, and their grandchildren play at their feet.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

縁えん

en

connection, bond

Example sentences

  1. 縁えんもゆかりもないのに親切しんせつにしてくれた。

    They were kind to me even though we had no connection or relationship.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 戸籍上こせきじょうの縁えんは切きれても、昔日せきじつの絆きずなはそのままだ。

    Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そんなことするんなら、友達ともだちの縁えんを切きるよ。

    If you do that, our friendship will be over.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 縁

  • 縁affinity; relationOnエン・-ネンKunふち・ふちどる・ゆかり

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