縁起

えんぎ

omen, sign of luck

縁起物

えんぎもの

talisman, lucky charm

縁起担ぎ

えんぎかつぎ

being superstitious; superstitious person

因縁生起

いんねんせいき

dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

起き直る

おきなおる

to sit up

縁起を担ぐ

えんぎをかつぐ

to be superstitious, to believe in omens

縁起の悪い

えんぎのわるい

ominous, ill-omened, sinister

縁起の良い

えんぎのいい

of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)

縁起がいい

えんぎがいい

of good omen, augur well (for), boding well for, good fortune

縁起が良い

えんぎがよい

of good omen, augur well (for), boding well for, good fortune

縁起が悪い

えんぎがわるい

of bad omen, ill augur, boding evil, bad fortune

十二縁起説

じゅうにえんぎせつ

buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation

縁起でもない

えんぎでもない

ill omened (as in "Don't say such an ill omened thing!"), unlucky

直し

なおし

correction, rectification

縁

ゆかり ふち よすが よすか へり えん えにし えに え

relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection

起こし

development; revitalization

合縁奇縁

あいえんきえん

a couple strangely but happily united, uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate

直直

なおなお じきじき

straight

口直し

くちなおし

removing a bad taste, cleansing one's palate