機縁

See also: 機緣

Japanese

Alternative spelling
機緣 (kyūjitai)

機(き)縁(えん) • (kien)

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occasion, opportunity, chance
Synonyms: 機会 (kikai), きっかけ (kikkake), 縁 (en)
- 1941, 織(お)田(だ)作(さく)之(の)助(すけ) [Sakunosuke Oda], 青(せい)春(しゅん)の逆(ぎゃく)説(せつ) (Seishun no Gyakusetsu)‎:
  
  ところが野(の)崎(ざき)はそのことを機(き)縁(えん)として大(おお)阪(さか)からの通(つう)学(がく)を止(や)めて、赤(あか)井(い)と同(おな)じ下(げ)宿(しゅく)に移(うつ)った。
  Tokoro ga Nozaki wa sono koto o kien to shite Ōsaka kara no tsūgaku o yamete, Akai to onaji geshuku ni utsutta.
  However, because of this, Nozaki stopped commuting from Osaka and moved to the same lodgings as Akai.

1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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