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    因縁

    因いん縁ねん

    fate

    KMT8News #17+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab21 strokes

    いんねんいんえん

    Noun

    1.
    fate, destiny
    2.
    connection, tie, bond, origin
    3.
    pretext, justification
    4.
    hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
    Buddhism

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    彼かれらには何なにか深ふかい因いん縁ねんがあるようだ。

    It seems there is some deep connection between them.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    この二ふたつの家か系けいは、古ふるくからの因いん縁ねんで結むすばれている。

    These two families are bound by an old destiny.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsHistory
    彼かれらの間あいだにあった因いん縁ねんが、最さい終しゅう的てきに悲ひ劇げきをもたらした。

    The fate between them ultimately led to tragedy.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    彼かれの成せい功こうは、単たんなる偶ぐう然ぜんではなく、長なが年ねんの努ど力りょくと運うん命めい的てきな因いん縁ねんの結けっ果かだ。

    His success is not just a coincidence, but the result of many years of effort and a fateful destiny.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、因いん縁ねんはすべての現げん象しょうが生しょうじる原げん因いんと条じょう件けんを指さす。

    In Buddhism, "innen" refers to the causes and conditions from which all phenomena arise.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    因
    よ.る・ちな.む…(2)
    cause・factor・be associated with・depend on・be limited to
    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)
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