Word · 単語
縁起
Reading えんぎ
omen
- 1 omen, sign of luck
- 2 origin, history, causation
- 3 dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing — orig. meaning
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例文 · examples
縁起に塩をまいて清める。
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
sense 1 · omen
７は縁起のいい番号だ。
Seven is a lucky number.
縁起の悪いことを言いなさんな。
Don't say such a thing.
４は日本語では縁起の悪い数字だ。
Four is an unlucky number in Japanese.