Meaning of fate in Japanese

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Definition of fate

  1. (n) fate; safety; welfare
  1. (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.

  2. 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.

  3. connection; origin
  4. pretext
  1. (adj-na, n, adj-no) cause and effect; karma; fate

    因果を含めてあきらめさせた。
    I persuaded him to give up the idea.

  1. (n) fate; fortune
  1. (n) fate; destiny; lot

    私たちは2度と彼女に会えない運命だった。
    We were never to see her again.

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縁江 Kanji Details

  1. (n) fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
  2. relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
  3. family ties; affinity
  4. opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship)
  5. (Buddh) pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) →Related words:
  6. narrow open-air veranda
  1. (n) end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
  1. (n) karma effects; fate; inevitable retribution
  1. (n) pledge; vow; promise
  2. (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse
  3. destiny; fate; karma
  1. (n) destiny; fate; karma
  1. (n) fate; destiny; predestination

    洪水はかつてはこの地方には宿命であった。
    Previously, floods were fate for the region.

  1. (n) (math) constant

    これらの2つの定数の関係に介入するほかの要素があるかもしれない。
    There may be other factors that intervene in the relation between these two constants.

  2. (comp) literal
  3. quorum (for an assembly)
  4. fate
  1. (n) God's will; heaven's decree; fate; karma; destiny

    人事を尽くして天命を待つ。
    Man proposes, God disposes.

  2. one's life; one's lifespan
  1. (adj-na, n, adj-no) unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; fate

    人は自分で思っているほど不運ではない。
    You don't know when you're alive.

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命 Kanji Details

  1. (n) life; life force →Related words: 生命

    その犬は少女の命を救った。
    The dog saved the girl's life.

  2. lifetime; lifespan
  3. most important thing; foundation; core
  4. paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love)
  5. fate; destiny; karma
  1. (n) fate; doom
  1. (n-adv, n-t) fate; one's future

    会社の行く末は彼の肩に掛かっていた。
    He bore the future of the company on his shoulders.

  2. end of (text) line; line terminator
  1. (pref) several; a number of
  2. (n) number; numeral; figure
  3. destiny; fate
  4. law
  1. (n) law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement

    この定めから逃れないといけない。
    I need to escape from this decree.

  2. destiny; fate; karma
  1. (n) fate; destiny
  1. (n) fate; chance

    彼女が彼を助ける巡り合わせになった。
    The lot fell to her to help him.

  1. (n) fate; life or death
  1. (n) (Buddh) one's predestined length of life →Related words: 寿命
  2. destiny; fate

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