えにし – Vocabulary details

えにし

Meanings

Noun

1. fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)

これも縁えんだと思おもっているよ。I think of this as fate, too.

2. relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection

彼かれらとの縁えんは、切きれたらしい。It seems that the bond with them has been severed.

3. family ties; affinity

せっかく見みつかった家か族ぞくと縁えんなど切きりたいはずがない。There's no way I'd want to cut ties with the family I finally found.

Alt. forms

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Used in: 74

Examples (13 in total)

これもえにしだと思おもっているよ。

I think of this as fate, too.

えにしあって再さい会かいできた。

We were able to reunite thanks to fate.

彼かれとのえにしは途と切ぎれていない。

The bond with him has not been broken.

親おや子このえにしは切きっているのだから。

After all, we've already severed our parent-child ties.

これこそえにしというものでしょう。

This is what you'd call fate.

彼かれらとのえにしは、切きれたらしい。

It seems that the bond with them has been severed.

兄きょう弟だいのえにしは簡かん単たんには切きれない。

The bond between siblings can't be broken easily.

いいえにしに恵めぐまれて結けっ婚こんした。

I was lucky enough to meet a good match, and I got married.

私わたしも既すでにこの町まちとはえにしが出で来きた。

I, too, have already formed a bond with this town.

そう思おもえばここに派は遣けんされたのもえにしなのでしょうね。

If you think about it that way, being dispatched here must also be fate.

そのえにしで知しり合あって結けっ構こうな時じ間かんになる。

It has been quite a while since we got to know each other through that connection.

えにしというのは不ふ思し議ぎなものだなあとか、そんなことを考かんがえた。

I found myself thinking about how strange a thing fate is, and so on.

せっかく見みつかった家か族ぞくとえにしなど切きりたいはずがない。

There's no way I'd want to cut ties with the family I finally found.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

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Examples (13 in total)