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Most common Japanese version
The dictionary definition is:
relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, related to, connected to, or as a suffix to sexual it can mean sexual relations or relationship.
But there's more to it...
In Japan, the relationship that you have with certain people can open doors for you. Having this relationship with someone also means they would never rip you off but instead are honor-bound to treat you fairly.
See our Chinese Guanxi entry for more information. This term is used in very similar ways in China, Japan, and Korea.
See Also: Guanxi
The Buddhist idea of Fate
因緣 is the Buddhist concept of a chance meeting or an opportunity that presents itself by fate.
Sometimes this is used to describe a cosmic chain of events or cause and effect.
It also is used to describe predestined relationships between people - and sometimes married couples (although if you want one about marriage, try this: Fate / Destiny of Lovers.
因緣 can also be translated as origin, karma, destiny, affinity, connection, and relation. This all depends on context - seen alone on a wall scroll, this will be read with a “fate/chance” meaning by a Chinese person or a Korean person who can read Hanja.
The more complex definition of this word would be, “Direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things.”
This concept is known as nidana in the original Sanskrit. Also sometimes presented as hetupratyaya (or “hetu and prataya”), which I believe is Pali.
Note: Japanese will tend to use this version of the second Kanji:
If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, expect that you’ll get this version. However, this word often carries a negative connotation in Japanese (bad things happen), as it is used that way in a certain Japanese idiom. Therefore, this may not be the best choice if Japanese is your target language.
See Also: Buddhism | Opportunity
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your relation search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
業 业 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh waza わざ |
More info & calligraphy: Karmadeed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣. |
法 see styles |
fǎ fa3 fa hou / ho ほう |
More info & calligraphy: Dharma / The Law(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵. |
瑜伽 see styles |
yú jiā yu2 jia1 yü chia yuga ゆが |
More info & calligraphy: Yoga{Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yuga yoga; also 瑜誐; 遊迦; a yoke, yoking, union, especially an ecstatic union of the individual soul with a divine being, or spirit, also of the individual soul with the universal soul. The method requires the mutual response or relation of 境, 行, 理, 果 and 機; i.e. (1) state, or environment, referred to mind; (2) action, or mode of practice; (3) right principle; (4) results in enlightenment; (5) motivity, i.e. practical application in saving others. Also the mutual relation of hand, mouth, and mind referring to manifestation, incantation, and mental operation; these are known as 瑜伽三密, the three esoteric (means) of Yoga. The older practice of meditation as a means of obtaining spiritual or magical power was distorted in Tantrism to exorcism, sorcery, and juggling in general. |
義理 义理 see styles |
yì lǐ yi4 li3 i li giri ぎり |
More info & calligraphy: Giri(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa reason |
関係 see styles |
kankei / kanke かんけい |
More info & calligraphy: Relationship |
仲 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung naka なか |
second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers relation; relationship; (personal name) Nakamura |
疏 see styles |
shū shu1 shu so; sho そ; しょ |
to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation (1) (See 注疏) detailed commentary; explanation; annotation; (2) (そ only) memorial to the throne (esp. itemized) 疎 Open, wide apart; distant, coarse; estrange; lax, careless; to state report; commentary; also used for 蔬 vegetarian food. |
而 see styles |
ér er2 erh ji |
and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) and |
誼 谊 see styles |
yì yi4 i yoshimi よしみ |
friendship; also pr. [yi2] (kana only) friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy; (female given name) Yoshimi right |
二智 see styles |
èr zhì er4 zhi4 erh chih nichi |
The two kinds of wisdom; there are various pairs. The Huayan school uses 如理智 and 如量智; the Faxiang (法相) uses 根本智 and 後得智; the Tiantai uses 權智 and 實智. (1) (a) 如理智 or 根本智, 無分別智, 正體智, 眞智, 實智 is Buddha-wisdom, or Bodhisattva real wisdom; (b) 如量智 or 後得智, the same wisdom in its limitation and relation to ordinary human affairs. (2) (a) 實智 Absolute wisdom and (b) 權智 or 方便智 | relative or temporal wisdom. (3) (a) 一切智 wisdom of the all, (b) 一切種智 wisdom of all the particulars. |
來往 来往 see styles |
lái wǎng lai2 wang3 lai wang raiō |
to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with to come and go |
値域 see styles |
chiiki / chiki ちいき |
{math} (See 定義域) range (of a function or relation) |
十妙 see styles |
shí miào shi2 miao4 shih miao jūmyō |
The ten wonders, or incomprehensibles; there are two groups, the 迹v traceable or manifested and 本門妙 the fundamental. The 迹門十妙 are the wonder of: (1) 境妙 the universe, sphere, or whole, embracing mind, Buddha, and all things as a unity; (2) 智妙 a Buddha's all-embracing knowledge arising from such universe; (3) 行妙 his deeds, expressive of his wisdom; (4) 位妙 his attainment of all the various Buddha stages, i.e. 十住 and十地; (5) 三法妙 his three laws of 理, 慧, and truth, wisdom, and vision; (6) 感應妙 his response to appeal, i.e. his (spiritual) response or relation to humanity, for "all beings are my children"; (7) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (8) 說法妙 his preaching; (9) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (10) 利益妙 the blessings derived through universal elevation into Buddhahood. The 本門十妙 are the wonder of (1) 本因妙 the initial impulse or causative stage of Buddhahood; (2) 本果妙 its fruit or result in eternity, joy, and purity; (3) 國土妙 his (Buddha) realm; (4) 感應妙 his response (to human needs); (5) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (6) 說法妙 his preaching; (7) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (8) 涅槃妙 his nirvāṇa; (9) 壽命妙 his (eternal) life; (10) his blessings as above. Both groups are further defined as progressive stages in a Buddha's career. These "wonders" are derived from the Lotus sūtra. |
唇歯 see styles |
shinshi しんし |
(1) lips and teeth; (2) mutually dependent relation |
夢話 梦话 see styles |
mèng huà meng4 hua4 meng hua |
talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions |
姻族 see styles |
inzoku いんぞく |
(form) (See 血族) in-law; relative by marriage; relation by affinity |
姻親 姻亲 see styles |
yīn qīn yin1 qin1 yin ch`in yin chin |
relation by marriage; in-laws |
待對 待对 see styles |
dài duì dai4 dui4 tai tui daitai |
Relationship, in relation with, one thing associated with another. |
戚誼 戚谊 see styles |
qī yì qi1 yi4 ch`i i chi i |
relation; close friendship |
族縁 see styles |
zokuen ぞくえん |
relative; relation; family tie |
武統 武统 see styles |
wǔ tǒng wu3 tong3 wu t`ung wu tung |
to unify by using military force (usu. in relation to Taiwan) |
由縁 see styles |
yuen ゆえん |
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason; (female given name) Yukari |
筋目 see styles |
sujime すじめ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) fold; crease; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) lineage; pedigree; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (See 筋道・すじみち・1) reason; logic; thread; method; system; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) relation; connection |
紐帯 see styles |
chuutai / chutai ちゅうたい |
important connection; important social foundation; close relation; tight relationship; intimate relation; close link |
縁故 see styles |
enko えんこ |
relation; connection; affinity |
縁者 see styles |
enja えんじゃ |
relative; relation |
聯繫 联系 see styles |
lián xì lian2 xi4 lien hsi |
connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch |
肉縁 see styles |
nikuen にくえん |
(See 血縁・1) blood relation; blood relative |
自認 自认 see styles |
zì rèn zi4 ren4 tzu jen jinin じにん |
to believe (something in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (something in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to (noun/participle) (1) admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; (noun/participle) (2) self-identification |
血肉 see styles |
xuè ròu xue4 rou4 hsüeh jou ketsuniku; chiniku けつにく; ちにく |
flesh (1) blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; (2) flesh and blood; the body flesh and blood |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Relationship | 關繫 / 関繫 / 關係 関係 | kan kei / kankei | guān xì / guan1 xi4 / guan xi / guanxi | kuan hsi / kuanhsi |
Lima | 利馬 利马 | toshima | lì mǎ / li4 ma3 / li ma / lima | |
Fate Opportunity Chance | 因緣 因缘 / 因縁 | in nen / innen | yīn yuán / yin1 yuan2 / yin yuan / yinyuan | yin yüan / yinyüan |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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