Kanji identification help

Pipet · 19 Jun 2013

Hi, I'm trying to translate the phrase of a lucky kokeshi of a friend and I'm not able to find one of the kanji. The one surrounded by a red square. I'm not sure either about the kanji next to it, I have doubts between 緑 and 縁. If somebody can help me, please, I really want to find it out.

Toritoribe · 19 Jun 2013

That's 御縁. It's a well-known word play. 五円 "Five yen" and 御縁 "bond/relation" have the same pronunciation.

Pipet · 19 Jun 2013

I see. I found that kanji in my search but I wasn't able to find sense together. ありがとう！
So it would be something like "I hope the go-en bring you happiness", right?

masaegu · 19 Jun 2013

Toritoribe said:
That's 御縁. It's a well-known word play. 五円 "Five yen" and 御縁 "bond/relation" have the same pronunciation.

Similar but not the same. The pitch accent is completely different.

Toritoribe · 20 Jun 2013

Pipet;723223 said:
I see. I found that kanji in my search but I wasn't able to find sense together. ありがとう！
So it would be something like "I hope the go-en bring you happiness", right?

It's more likely "May you have bond(=goen) with happiness."

masaegu;723226 said:
Similar but not the same. The pitch accent is completely different.

How about 五円硬貨 vs 御縁効果? Are they ALWAYS completely different? This is a quibble, of course. I should have used "reading" instead of "pronunciation" to avoid bothering you.

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