無縁 – Vocabulary details

無む縁えん

Meanings

Adjective (な)

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one

Adjective (の)

Noun

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

Kanji used

無

nothing

縁

connected by fate

Pitch accent

む

えん

Used in: 1757

Composed of

無む

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

縁えん

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

無む縁えん墓ぼ地ち

cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field

無む縁えん社しゃ会かい

society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

法ほう界かい無む縁えん

all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha

法ほっ界かい無む縁えん

all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha

Examples (1 in total)

この金きん属ぞくは錆さびとは無む縁えんです。