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    3. 縁切り

    縁切り

    縁えん切きり​

    separation

    KMT10News #32+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    えんきり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    separation, divorce, severing of connections

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    彼かれは家か族ぞくと縁えん切きりした。

    He severed ties with his family.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    悪わるい関かん係けいを続つづけるよりも、縁えん切きりする方ほうが良よい場ば合あいもある。

    Sometimes it's better to sever ties than to continue a bad relationship.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは過か去ことの縁えん切きりを決けつ意いし、新あたらしい人じん生せいを歩あゆみ始はじめた。

    She decided to break ties with her past and started a new life.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    親おや子こ間かんの縁えん切きりは、非ひ常じょうに重おもい決けつ断だんだ。

    Severing ties between parent and child is a very serious decision.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    悪あく縁えんを断たち切きるために、縁えん切きり神じん社じゃを訪おとずれる人ひともいる。

    Some people visit "Enkiri Jinja" (shrines for severing bad ties) to break off bad relationships.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    縁
    ふち・ふち.どる・ゆかり・よすが・へり・えにし…(2)
    affinity・relation・connection・edge・border…(2)
    Kanji
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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