Illustration: On the veranda of a Japanese house, a sparrow perches on the narrow raised rim of a broad ceramic water basin. Its tiny feet curl around the lip, and its tail projects over the outside while its beak reaches toward the water inside.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

縁ふち

fuchi

edge, rim, brim

縁 is read えん when it means a connection or relationship. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. テーブルの縁ふちにグラスを置おかないで下ください。

    Don’t put the glass near the edge of the table.

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  2. 私わたしたちはがけのふちに立たった。

    We stood on the brink of a cliff.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは川かわのふちに腰こしを下おろした。

    He sat at the edge of the stream.

    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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