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縁定め

えんさだめ
marriage contract
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他生の縁

たしょうのえん
karma from a previous existence
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養子縁組

養子縁組み
ようしえんぐみ
adoption (of an heir)
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縁故疎開

えんこそかい
evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
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縁者贔屓

えんじゃびいき
nepotism
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縁座

えんざ
(system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members
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離縁状

りえんじょう
letter of divorce
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縁結びの神

えんむすびのかみ
god of marriage; matchmaker
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縁故採用

えんこさいよう
employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection
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縁故政治

えんこせいじ
crony politics; nepotistic government