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#2,825
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    fate;destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
    金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。
    The end of money is the end of love.
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    relationship (e.g. between two people);bond;link;connection
    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.
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    family ties;affinity
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#17,117
Common
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    reason;significance;cause
    それについては知る由もなかった。
    She had no way to know about it.
  2. 2
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    piece of information that one has heard;I hear that ...;it is said that ...
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#224,945
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    connection (to a person, place, etc.);relation;affinity
    鎌倉は源氏ゆかりの地です。
    Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.
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#84,880
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    edge (of a river, woods, etc.);shoulder (of a road)
    sometimes べり as a suffix
    彼女のドレスのへりはほころびていた。
    The border of her dress was torn.
  2. 2
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    rim;brim;hem;margin;fringe;selvage
  3. 3
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    fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.);edging
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#46,880
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    something to rely on;aid;clue;way;means
  2. 2
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    someone to rely on;relative
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    reminder;memento
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#55,198
Common N3
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    rim;brim;edge;brink
    彼らは水瓶を縁まで一杯にした。
    They filled the jug to the brim.
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#154,790
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    even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond;even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life
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#137,602
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    a meeting by chance is preordained
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    even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate
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    the events of today are destined by the past;even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life;even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
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    everything is preordained
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