むえん

無 縁

Common word

  1. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    unrelated, unconnected, irrelevant, indifferent, divorced from, having nothing to do with one, being foreign to one

    • 当時、貧乏は彼らにとっては無縁なものと思われた。
      Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.

  2. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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

  3. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    unrelated to the teachings of Buddha, unable to be saved by Buddha