Japanese DictionaryDefinition of いんねん
- (n) (Buddh) hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
It was her fate to die young. - fate; destiny
４８歳の川勝良一監督はことし６月に福岡を引き継いだが、４６歳の松田監督とは因縁浅からぬ関係だ。
The 48-year-old Ryouichi Kawakatsu took over as coach at Fukuoka in June this year, but his fate is closely linked with that of 46-year-old Matsuda. - connection; origin
- pretext
