無縁

Meaning

1. adj-noadj-nan
   unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one
2. adj-non
   without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
3. adj-non
   unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

Example sentences

• 現代の日本で錬金術といえば、比喩的にしか使われない。モラルや羞恥心と無縁の政治屋や宗教家が、不正な手段でカネもうけをするときに。

  In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.

• 彼はその事件とまったく無縁ではない。

  He is involved in the case a little.

• 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.