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    3. 縁起

    縁起

    縁えん起ぎ

    omen

    KMT8News #20+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    えんぎいんえん

    Noun

    1.
    omen, sign of luck
    2.
    origin, history, causation
    3.
    dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
    abbreviationBuddhism

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    黒くろ猫ねこが横よこ切ぎるのは縁えん起ぎが悪わるいと言いわれている。

    It is said that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    富ふ士じ山さんと鷹たかの夢ゆめは縁えん起ぎが良よいとされる。

    Dreams of Mount Fuji and a hawk are considered good omens.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんでは、お正しょう月がつに初はつ夢ゆめを見みるのは縁えん起ぎが良よいとされている。

    In Japan, it is considered good luck to see the first dream of the New Year.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    彼かれは縁えん起ぎを担かつぐタイプなので、大だい事じな日ひには必かならず験げんを担かつぐ。

    He's the superstitious type, so he always performs a good luck ritual on important days.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    仏ぶっ教きょうにおける縁えん起ぎの思し想そうは、すべての事じ象しょうが相そう互ごに関かん連れんしていることを説とく。

    The Buddhist concept of dependent arising explains that all phenomena are interconnected.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji 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)
    起
    お.きる・お.こる・お.こす・おこ.す・た.つ…(1)
    rouse・wake up・get up
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