機縁

See also: 機緣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
機	縁
き Grade: 4	えん Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
機緣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​えん [kíꜜèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) きえん [kìéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

機(き)縁(えん) • (kien) 

1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. occasion, opportunity, chance

   Synonyms: 機会 (kikai), きっかけ (kikkake), 縁 (en)

   • 1941, 織(お)田(だ)作(さく)之(の)助(すけ) [Sakunosuke Oda], 青(せい)春(しゅん)の逆(ぎゃく)説(せつ) (Seishun no Gyakusetsu)‎^[1]:

     ところが野(の)崎(ざき)はそのことを機(き)縁(えん)として大(おお)阪(さか)からの通(つう)学(がく)を止(や)めて、赤(あか)井(い)と同(おな)じ下(げ)宿(しゅく)に移(うつ)った。

     Tokoro ga Nozaki wa sono koto o kien to shite Ōsaka kara no tsūgaku o yamete, Akai to onaji geshuku ni utsutta.

     However, because of this, Nozaki stopped commuting from Osaka and moved to the same lodgings as Akai.