英和和英

読み方 えん

名詞

1

（＝縁側）the verandah

• 縁先
  the edge of the verandah

2

（＝えにし）relation; connection; a tie; a bond; union; marriage; love

用例

• 夫婦の縁
  the marriage tie―the conjugal tie―the wedding knot―the bonds of matrimony

• 親子の縁
  the relation between parent and child
• 主従の縁
  the relation between master and servant
• 血縁
  blood-relationship―ties of blood―consanguinity
• 彼とは縁の近い親類だ
  We are nearly related―near relations.
• 縁の遠い親類だ
  We are distantly connected―distant connections―remote kinsmen.
• 彼とは縁を引いている
  I am （distantly） connected （by blood） with him.
• 縁を結ぶ
  to form a connection with some one
• 夫婦の縁を結ぶ
  to tie the nuptial knot―tie the wedding knot―contract a marriage―get married
• 義兄弟の縁を結ぶ
  to become sworn brothers
• 縁を切る
  to cut a connection―sever connections―with some one
• 夫婦の縁を切る
  to cut the marriage tie―dissolve the bonds of matrimony―break off conjugal relations―divorce a wife
• 親子（兄弟）の縁を切る
  to disown one （as a son or a brother）
• 親類縁者と縁を切る
  to cut loose from all ties
• 縁が切れる
  Connections are cut―Connections are severed―（with some one）.
• どうぞ無い縁だと諦めて下さい
  You must give it up as an impossible union.
• これまでの縁と諦めてくれ
  I can not keep up the connection with you any longer.
• （売買の相談などの時に）どうもご縁が無いようです（相談が纏らぬ）
  I am afraid we can not come to terms.
• 僕は金に縁が無い
  Money does not stay in my hands.
• 縁は異なもの味なもの【イディオム・格言的】
  “Marriage goes by destiny”
  “Marriages are made in Heaven.”
• 妙なご縁で
  “In time comes he （or she） whom God sends.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 金の切目が縁の切れ目
  The end of money is the end of love
  “When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 縁の遠い女
  an old maid

3

（＝関係）relation; connection

用例

• 縁もゆかりも無い
  to be foreign to―alien to―anything

• それは本件には縁もゆかりも無い
  That is foreign to―alien to―extraneous to―the matter in hand―If has nothing to do with the matter in hand.
• それは僕には縁もゆかりも無い人だ
  I have not the remotest connection with him
  He is nothing at all to me.

4

（＝宿縁）karma; fate; destiny

用例

• 縁はままならぬ
  There is no striving against fate.

• 縁があったらまた逢おう
  We shall meet again if fate so wills it―（普通の英語にては）―I hope we shall meet again.
• 袖振合うも他生の縁
  Even a chance acquaintance is a divine ordinance.

5

（＝交際などの端緒）what leads to （some result）

用例

• 傘を一本貸したのが縁となった
  The loan of an umbrella led to their acquaintance.

• どうぞこれをご縁に
  I hope this transaction may lead to others
  I hope this meeting may lead to our further acquaintance.

読み方 えにし

名詞

→『えん（縁）』

読み方 ふち

名詞

The edge （of anything flat）; the edges （of a book）; the brim （of a cup）; the brim （of a hat）; the rims （of spectacles）; the frame （of a tablet）; the mount （of a picture）; the hem （of a handkerchief）; the margin （of a page）; the borders （of a garden）; the bank （of a river）; the edge, the brink （of a precipice）; the verge （of the grave）; the limb （of the sun or the moon）

用例

• 金縁の本
  a book with gilt edges

• 金縁の眼鏡
  gold-rimmed spectacles
• 金縁の額
  a tablet with a gilt frame
• 縁の広い帽子
  a broad-brimmed hat
• 縁無しの眼鏡
  rimless spectacles
• 縁の欠けた茶碗
  a tea-cup with a broken brim
• 川縁の家
  a house （that stands） on the bank of a river
• 崖縁の家
  a house （that stands） on the edge of a precipice
• 穴の縁に立つ
  to stand on the verge of the grave
• 絵に縁をつける
  to frame a picture―mount a picture
• 手巾の縁を縫う
  to hem a handkerchief
• 食卓の縁
  the edges of a table
• 縁側の縁
  the edge of the verandah

読み方 へり

名詞

The hem （of a handkerchief）; the fringe （of a curtain）; the border （of a mat）; the edge （of a desert）; the brim （of a hat）; the margin （of a page）; the bank （of a stream）; the trimmings （of a coat）

• へりを取る
  to hem a handkerchief―fringe a curtain―border a mat―trim a coat （with lace）