因縁

Readings

Kana: いんねん、いんえん

Romaji: innen, in'en

Definitions

noun

1

fate; destiny

2

connection; tie; bond; origin

3

pretext; justification

4

hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

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

縁

Readings: エン、 -ネン、 ふち、 ふちど.る、 ゆかり、 よすが、 へり、 えにし

Meanings: affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink

Example Sentences

あいつに因縁(いんねん)を付(つ)けられた。

➥He made up a pretext for a fight with me.

あの男(おとこ)はよくつまらぬことで誰(だれ)にでも因縁(いんねん)をつける。

➥He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.

早(はや)くこの世(よ)を去(さ)ったのも彼女(かのじょ)の因縁(いんねん)だ。

➥It was her fate to die young.

４８歳(さい)の川勝(かわかつ)良一(りょういち)監督(かんとく)はことし６月(ろくがつ)に福岡(ふくおか)を引(ひ)き継(つ)いだが、４６歳(さい)の松田(まつだ)監督(かんとく)とは因縁(いんねん)浅(あさ)からぬ関係(かんけい)だ。

➥The 48-year-old Ryouichi Kawakatsu took over as coach at Fukuoka in June this year, but his fate is closely linked with that of 46-year-old Matsuda.