因む

Reading

Kana: ちなむ

Romaji: chinamu

Definition

v5m

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1

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

See also: に因んで

Kanji

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

Example Sentences

あれはさる年(とし)に因(ちな)んだ猿(さる)の絵(え)です。

➥That's a picture of a monkey associated with the Year of the Monkey.

なぜか、景気(けいき)の良(よ)いときには日本(にっぽん)の神話(しんわ)にちなんだ名前(なまえ)が付(つ)けられています。

➥For some reason economic booms have names taken from Japanese mythology given to them.