無縁

Reading

Kana: むえん
Romaji: muen
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Definitions

1

unrelated; irrelevant; indifferent

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

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
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

この金属(きんぞく)(さび)とは無縁(むえん)です。
➥This metal is free of rust.
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当時(とうじ)貧乏(びんぼう)(かれ)らにとっては無縁(むえん)なものと(おも)われた。
➥Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.
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(かれ)はその事件(じけん)とまったく無縁(むえん)ではない。
➥He is involved in the case a little.
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現代(げんだい)日本(にっぽん)錬金術(れんきんじゅつ)といえば、比喩的(ひゆてき)にしか使(つか)われない。モラルや羞恥心(しゅうちしん)無縁(むえん)政治屋(せいじや)宗教家(しゅうきょうか)が、不正(ふせい)手段(しゅだん)でカネもうけをするときに。
➥In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
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