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Meaning

1. n
   reason; significance; cause
2. n
   piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

Example sentences

• 戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。

  Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.

• 彼女は随分前に家族と縁を切った。

  She broke with her family long ago.

• 彼らは水瓶を縁まで一杯にした。

  So they filled them to the brim.