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jmdict 1529660 Active (id: 2046441)
無縁 [ichi1,news1,nf08]
むえん [ichi1,news1,nf08]
1. [adj-no,adj-na,n]
▶ unrelated
▶ unconnected
▶ irrelevant
▶ indifferent
▶ divorced from
▶ having nothing to do with one
▶ being foreign to one
Cross references:
  ⇔ ant: 2685730 有縁 2. related; relevant
2. [adj-no,n]
▶ without relations (esp. of a deceased person)
▶ having no surviving relatives
3. [adj-no,n] {Buddhism}
▶ unrelated to the teachings of Buddha
▶ unable to be saved by Buddha
Cross references:
  ⇔ ant: 2685730 有縁 1. related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha



History:
5. A 2019-08-14 12:11:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK, I guess. I wouldn't place too much store on Eijiro's examples.
4. A* 2019-08-14 11:50:55 
  Refs:
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=と+無縁

かわいらしさとは無縁である
be far from pretty
  Comments:
「こんなに驚いた表情の陽子は初めて見る。どんな時でも冷静で、驚きや狼狽とは無縁にみえたから。」

I think there is a meaning that the "be far from pretty" example touchs on that could be clearer.
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>unconnected</gloss>
@@ -23,0 +25,3 @@
+<gloss>divorced from</gloss>
+<gloss>having nothing to do with one</gloss>
+<gloss>being foreign to one</gloss>
3. A 2017-07-23 17:01:19  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Tightening ant x-ref.
  Diff:
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<xref type="ant" seq="2685730">有縁</xref>
+<xref type="ant" seq="2685730">有縁・2</xref>
@@ -34 +34 @@
-<xref type="ant" seq="2685730">有縁</xref>
+<xref type="ant" seq="2685730">有縁・1</xref>
2. A 2012-02-23 05:30:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -20,1 +20,1 @@
-<xref type="ant">有縁</xref>
+<xref type="ant" seq="2685730">有縁</xref>
@@ -34,1 +34,1 @@
-<xref type="ant">有縁</xref>
+<xref type="ant" seq="2685730">有縁</xref>
1. A* 2012-02-23 05:00:48  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij, meikyo, gg5
  Comments:
"unidentified" comes from NC, i think:
an unknown [an unidentified] person's grave;(弔う縁者のない)a neglected grave.
=
i don't think that translation is really accurate, and it's difficult to work into the current sense 2.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +17,1 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -19,1 +20,1 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<xref type="ant">有縁</xref>
@@ -21,2 +22,1 @@
-<gloss>without relations</gloss>
-<gloss>unidentified</gloss>
+<gloss>irrelevant</gloss>
@@ -25,0 +25,14 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>without relations (esp. of a deceased person)</gloss>
+<gloss>having no surviving relatives</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="ant">有縁</xref>
+<field>&Buddh;</field>
+<gloss>unrelated to the teachings of Buddha</gloss>
+<gloss>unable to be saved by Buddha</gloss>
+</sense>

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