いんねん
Innen
Also read: いんえん
因縁 (Innen) is a Japanese noun meaning “fate, destiny, connection, tie”.
Meanings
- nounfate; destiny
- nounconnection; tie; bond; origin
- nounpretext; justification
- nounhetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
Examples
早くこの世を去ったのも彼女の因縁だ。
It was her fate to die young.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).