Vocabulary

What does 縁起 (えんぎ, engi) mean?

縁起 (えんぎ, engi) means omen; sign of luck.

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Readingえんぎ
Romajiengi
Part of speechnoun
えんぎ
engi

omen; sign of luck

  1. 1noun omen; sign of luck
  2. 2noun origin; history; causation
  3. 3noun dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

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