無縁 – Vocabulary details

無む縁えん

Meanings

Adjective (な)

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one

彼かれはそういうのとは無む縁えんな人ひとなんだと思おもってたよ。I thought he was the kind of person who had nothing to do with that sort of thing.

Adjective (の)

Noun

2. without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives

3. unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

Kanji used

無

nothing

縁

connected by fate

Pitch accent

む

えん

Used in: 2022

Composed of

無む

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

縁えん

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

無む縁えん墓ぼ地ち

cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field

法ほう界かい無む縁えん

all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha

法ほっ界かい無む縁えん

all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha

無む縁えん社しゃ会かい

society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

Examples (6 in total)

私わたしと無む縁えんのものばかりだった。

They were all things unrelated to me.

この金きん属ぞくは錆さびとは無む縁えんです。

This metal is free of rust.

はい、そんなものとは無む縁えんの世せ界かいです。

Yes, it is a world unrelated to such things.