Other terms with connotations of karma:
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縁[/TD]
[TD]えん
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[TD]1. fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
- 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。
The end of money is the end of love.
2. relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
- 戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。
Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
3. family ties; affinity
4. opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship). Only applies to えん reading
5. pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes)Buddhism, Only applies to えん reading, See also
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宿縁[/TD]
[TD]しゅくえん
shukuen[/TD]
[TD]destiny; fate; karma[/TD]
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因縁[/TD]
[TD]いんねん
innen[/TD]
[TD]1. fate; destiny
- 早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
It was her fate to die young.
2. connection; tie; bond; origin
3. pretext; justification
4. hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
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因縁生起[/TD]
[TD]いんねんせいき
innen seiki[/TD]
[TD]dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing[/TD]
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因果[/TD]
[TD]いんが
inga[/TD]
[TD]1. cause and effect; causality
2. karma; fate (Buddhism)
3. unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated (used as Na-adjective)[/TD]
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