縁起

えんぎ

Also written いんえん

Meanings

1. Noun omen; sign of luck
2. origin; history; causation
3. dependent arising (i.e.: doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing) (orig. meaning) See also: 因縁生起 (いんねんせいき).

Kanji

• 縁 bond. Read as エン.
• 起 rise. Read as キ.

Example sentences

• 縁起でもないこと言うなよ。
  It's bad luck to say that.
• ７は縁起のいい番号だ。
  Seven is a lucky number.
• ４は日本語では縁起の悪い数字だ。
  Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.
• 縁起の悪いことを言いなさんな。
  Don't say such ill-omened things.
• 縁起に塩をまいて清める。
  We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.

Common phrases

• 縁起がいい (えんぎがいい) of good omen
• 縁起が悪い (えんぎがわるい) of bad omen
• 縁起を担ぐ (えんぎをかつぐ) to be superstitious

Words containing 縁起

• 縁起物 (えんぎもの) talisman
• 縁起直し (えんぎなおし) change of fortune
• 縁起の悪い (えんぎのわるい) ominous

And 7 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists