内縁

ないえん

de facto marriage, common-law marriage

内縁の妻

ないえんのつま

de facto wife, common-law wife

夫婦の縁を結ぶ

ふうふのえんをむすぶ

to get married

内縁関係

ないえんかんけい

de facto marriage, common-law marriage, living together as husband and wife without formal marriage

夫の君

せのきみ おっとのきみ

one's husband

縁の下

えんのした

under the floor, out of sight, in background

縁の色

ゆかりのいろ

violet

盆の縁

ぼんのふち ぼんのえん

edge of a tray

夫

おっと

husband

匹夫の勇

ひっぷのゆう ひっぷのいさむ

rash courage

漁夫の利

ぎょふのり ぎょほのり

profiting while others fight

夫婦の和

ふうふのわ

conjugal harmony, concord between husband and wife

夫婦の道

ふうふのみち

marital virtues

蚤の夫婦

のみのふうふ

couple in which the wife is bigger than the husband

縁の下の舞

えんのしたのまい

hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda

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

他生の縁

たしょうのえん

karma from a previous existence

何かの縁

なにかのえん

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

縁の遠い

えんのとおい

distantly related