縁故採用

えんこさいよう

employment of workers through (personal) connections, getting a job through one's personal connection

縁故主義

えんこしゅぎ

nepotism

縁故募集

えんこぼしゅう

recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections

縁故疎開

えんこそかい

evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

縁故政治

えんこせいじ

crony politics, nepotistic government

特別縁故者

とくべつえんこしゃ

special relatives

縁故地方債

えんこちほーさい

private placement local bonds

縁故資本主義

えんこしほんしゅぎ

crony capitalism

故

こ ゆえ

reason, cause, circumstances

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

故実

こじつ

ancient practices or customs

故知

こち

the wisdom of the ancients

世故

せいこ せこ

worldly affairs

故殺

こさつ

manslaughter

故買

こばい

buying stolen goods

故山

こざん

one's native place

反故

ほご ほぐ ほうご ほうぐ ほんご ほんぐ

wastepaper, scrap paper

故障

こしょう

breakdown, failure, fault, accident, out of order

故郷

ふるさと こきょう きゅうり

home town, birthplace, native place, one's old home