因縁
Meanings
Noun
1. fate; destiny
2. connection; tie; bond; origin
3. pretext; justification
4. hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
いんねん
Used in vocabulary
Examples2
早く この世を去った の も 彼女の 因縁 だ。
It was her fate to die young.
48 歳 の 川勝 良一 監督 は ことし6月 に 福岡 を 引き継いだ が、46 歳 の 松田 監督 と は 因縁 浅からぬ 関係 だ。
The 48-year-old Ryouichi Kawakatsu took over as coach at Fukuoka in June this year, but his fate is closely linked with that of 46-year-old Matsuda.