離縁

りえん

divorce, dissolution of adoption

絶縁状

ぜつえんじょう

letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter

離脱症状

りだつしょうじょう

withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome

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

離

り

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

順縁

じゅんえん

dying in order (from oldest to youngest)

縁台

えんだい

bench

絶縁

ぜつえん

breaking off relations, disconnection

無縁

むえん

without relations (esp. of a deceased person), having no surviving relatives

額縁

がくぶち

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

縁談

えんだん

marriage proposal, engagement

創縁

そうえん

wound edge

縁側

えんがわ

veranda, porch, balcony, open corridor

銀縁

ぎんぶち

silver-rimmed

内縁

ないえん

de facto marriage, common-law marriage

結縁

けちえん

making a connection (with Buddha)

復縁

ふくえん

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

広縁

ひろえん

broad or spacious veranda, eaves