Results, fate
- 縁【えん・えにし・えに・え】江にateji【えに】
noun:
- fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
- relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
- family ties; affinity
- opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) [えん]
- pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) [えん] - Buddhism term ➜ 因
- narrow open-air veranda [えん] - also written as 椽
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。 Relationships built on money will end when the money runs out.
戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。 Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
その後、カードを引き抜いた(空気はまったく入っていないので水は漏れない。グラスの縁はぴったりテーブルに接しているから)。 Then I slipped out the card. No water leaks out because no air can come in; the rim is too close to the table for that.
- 宿命☆【しゅくめい】
noun:
- fate; destiny; predestination
洪水はかつてはこの地方には宿命であった。 Previously, floods were fate for the region.
- 因縁☆【いんねん・いんえん】
noun:
- fate; destiny
- connection; tie; bond; origin
- pretext; justification
- hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) - Buddhism term
- 天命☆【てんめい】
noun:
- God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny
- one's life; one's lifespan
- 因果☆【いんが】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- cause and effect; karma; fate
親の因果が子に報いる。 The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.
- 定め☆【さだめ】
noun:
- law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement
- destiny; fate; karma
- 定数★【ていすう・じょうすう】
noun:
- fixed number; quorum (for an assembly)
- constant; invariable - Mathematics term ➜ 変数
- literal - IT term
- fate
これらの2つの定数の関係に介入するほかの要素があるかもしれない。 There may be other factors that intervene in the relation between these two constants.
- 契り【ちぎり】
noun:
- pledge; vow; promise
- (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse
- destiny; fate; karma
- 約束★【やくそく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
- convention; rule
- destiny; fate
ジムは映画に行く約束をしたガールフレンドに待ちぼうけをくわされ、雨の中を一時間も待たされて頭にきている。 Jim's angry because his date for the movie stood him up and he wasted an hour waiting for her in the rain.
- 命★【いのち】
noun:
- life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
- lifetime; lifespan
- most important thing; foundation; core
- paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
- fate; destiny; karma - archaism
- 数☆【すう】
prefix:
- several; a number of
noun / suffix noun:
- quantity; amount
noun:
- counting; figures; numbers
- number; numeral; figure
- grammatical number - Linguistics term
- destiny; fate; course of events; trend
住宅の価格はここ数か月間動きがありません。 House prices have remained static for several months.
今年は失業者数が記録的になるだろう。 This year unemployment will reach record levels.
この空港は新千歳空港ほど便数が多くないので、送迎デッキから見ても最初は飛行機がいませんでした。 This airport doesn't have as many flights as New Chitose Airport and even looking from the observation deck at first there were no planes.
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