縁切り

えんきり

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive separation; divorce; severing of connections

Kanji

• 縁 bond. Read as エン.
• 切 cut. Read as きり.

Words containing 縁切り

• 縁切り寺 (えんきりでら) (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

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