Illustration: At a Japanese home’s breakfast table, an older woman notices a tea stalk floating upright in her freshly poured cup. She carefully tilts the cup toward her adult grandson so he can see the slender stalk standing above the tea’s surface.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

縁えん起ぎ

engi

omen, sign of luck

Example sentences

  1. 富士山ふじさんにかかる笠雲かさくもは縁起えんぎがいいと言いわれています。

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

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 縁起えんぎの悪わるいことを言いいなさんな。

    Don’t say such ill-omened things.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 他宗たしゅうでは、お線香せんこうを折おることは、縁起えんぎが悪わるいとすることもある。

    In some sects other than Jodo Shinshu Sect, breaking an incense stick is sometimes regarded as ominous.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 縁起

  • 縁affinity; relationOnエン・-ネンKunふち・ふちどる・ゆかり
  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす

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