Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 袖振合他生縁
- (n) fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
- relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
- family ties; affinity
- opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship)
- (Buddh) pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes)
- narrow open-air veranda
- (v5r, vt) to wave; to shake; to swing
私は頭を数回振った。
I shook my head a few times. - to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
- to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
- to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
- to abandon; to give up; to ruin
- to add kana indicating a reading of a word
- to slightly change headings; to change directions
- to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
- to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
- to bring up the main topic
- to replace; to substitute
- to set up a joke for somebody else
- (n) something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means
- someone to rely on; relative
- reminder; memento
- (n) 0.18039 litres (liters)
- 0.3306 metres square (meters)
- one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain
- (astron) conjunction
もちろん、実際に「はやぶさ」が太陽に近づいているわけではなく、図のように地球から見て太陽の反対側に位置するだけですが、このような現象を「合」と呼びます。
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'. - (ctr) counter for covered containers
- counter for matches, battles, etc.