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無む縁えん
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Meanings
No-adjective
Na-adjective
Noun
1. unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one
No-adjective
Noun
2. without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
3. unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
Kanji used
無nothing縁connected by fate
Pitch accent
むえん
Used in vocabulary
無む縁えん仏ぼとけ
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
Noun
無む縁えん墓ぼ地ち
cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field
Noun
無む縁えん社しゃ会かい
society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other
Noun
法ほう界かい無む縁えん
all-encompassing mercy of the Buddha
Noun
無む縁えん塚づか
tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death
Noun
無む縁えん墓ばか
tomb of someone with no relatives to mourn their death
Noun
Examples4
Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.
He is involved in the case a little.
This metal is free of rust.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.