えんぎ
Engi
Also read: いんえん
縁起 (Engi) is a Japanese noun meaning “omen, sign of luck, origin, history”.
Meanings
- nounomen; sign of luck
- nounorigin; history; causation
- noundependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothingorig. meaning
Examples
７は縁起のいい番号だ。
Seven is a lucky number.
縁起に塩をまいて清める。
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
縁起の悪いことを言いなさんな。
Don't say such a thing.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).