因縁

See also: 因緣 and 因缘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
因	縁
いん Grade: 5	えん > ねん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
因緣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 因緣 ('jin ywen). The en reading for 縁 changes to nen as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いんねん [ìńnéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ĩnːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

因(いん)縁(ねん) • (innen) ^{←いんえん (in'en)^?}

chance; opportunity
predestined relationship; fate, destiny
Synonym: 宿命 (shukumei)

因(いん)縁(ねん)の相(あい)手(て) ― innen no aite ― a fateful opponent

因(いん)縁(ねん)の対(たい)決(けつ) ― innen no taiketsu ― a fateful confrontation
(Buddhism) hetu and prataya, principal and secondary causes
chain of cause and effect
false accusation
Synonym: 言い掛かり (iigakari)

因(いん)縁(ねん)をつける ― innen o tsukeru ― to pick a fight

Derived terms

因(いん)縁(ねん)尽(ず)く (innen-zuku)
因(いん)縁(ねん)話(ばなし) (innen-banashi)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN