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Meaning of 無縁 in Japanese
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無縁
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Kana Readingむえん
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Romajimuen
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- unrelated; without relations; unidentified; indifferent
- Example sentence
- 現代の日本で錬金術といえば、比喩的にしか使われない。モラルや羞恥心と無縁の政治屋や宗教家が、不正な手段でカネもうけをするときに。 In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
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Examples of 無縁, むえん in a sentence
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現代の日本で錬金術といえば、比喩的にしか使われない。モラルや羞恥心と無縁の政治屋や宗教家が、不正な手段でカネもうけをするときに。
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
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He is involved in the case a little.
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Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.
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This metal is free of rust.
Kanji in this word
縁
JLPT 1
15 strokes
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
On'Yomi: エン, -ネン
Kun'Yomi: ふち, ふちど.る, ゆかり, よすが, へり, えにし
無
JLPT 2
12 strokes
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
On'Yomi: ム, ブ
Kun'Yomi: な.い