因縁

因縁

See also: 因緣 and 因缘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
因	縁
いん Grade: 5	ねん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いんねん [ìńnéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ĩnːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

因縁 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 因緣, hiragana いんねん, rōmaji innen)

1. chance; opportunity
2. predestined relationship; fate, destiny
3. (Buddhism) hetu and prataya, principal and secondary causes
4. chain of cause and effect

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN