養子縁組

ようしえんぐみ

adoption (of an heir)

特別養子縁組

とくべつようしえんぐみ

special adoption; plenary adoption; adoption in which the relationship with the biological parents is dissolved

普通養子縁組

ふつうようしえんぐみ

regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

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

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

組

くみ

set (of items)

再縁

さいえん

second marriage

族縁

ぞくえん

relative, relation, family tie

遠縁

とおえん

distant relative

船縁

ふなべり

side of a boat, gunwale

合縁

あいえん

good relationship

結縁

けちえん

making a connection (with Buddha)

銀縁

ぎんぶち

silver-rimmed

金縁

きんぶち

gilded edges or rims

復縁

ふくえん

reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)

縁座

えんざ

(system of) extending complicity for a crime to the criminal's family members

額縁

がくぶち

frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)

俗縁

ぞくえん

worldly connection

機縁

きえん

opportunity, chance