"縁故" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "縁故",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縁",
          "えん"
        ],
        [
          "故",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enko",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "えんこ"
      },
      "expansion": "縁(えん)故(こ) • (enko)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "family relationship, consanguinity"
      ],
      "id": "en-縁故-ja-noun-1fm4MVnm",
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "consanguinity",
          "consanguinity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 66 30",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 66 29",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have no blood relatives.",
          "roman": "Enko wa hitori mo inai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縁故",
              "えんこ"
            ],
            [
              "一人",
              "ひとり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "縁故は一人もいない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a relative, a blood relative"
      ],
      "id": "en-縁故-ja-noun-fl2kNkpO",
      "links": [
        [
          "relative",
          "relative"
        ],
        [
          "blood relative",
          "blood relative"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You can get a job in a company where you have connections.",
          "roman": "Enko no aru kaisha ni shūshoku dekiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縁故",
              "えんこ"
            ],
            [
              "会社",
              "かいしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "就職",
              "しゅうしょく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "縁故のある会社に就職できる。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "affinity, social relations, social connection"
      ],
      "id": "en-縁故-ja-noun-pKqjOkBw",
      "links": [
        [
          "affinity",
          "affinity"
        ],
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "縁故"
}

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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "縁故",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "縁",
          "えん"
        ],
        [
          "故",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enko",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "えんこ"
      },
      "expansion": "縁(えん)故(こ) • (enko)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "family relationship, consanguinity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "consanguinity",
          "consanguinity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have no blood relatives.",
          "roman": "Enko wa hitori mo inai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縁故",
              "えんこ"
            ],
            [
              "一人",
              "ひとり"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "縁故は一人もいない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a relative, a blood relative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relative",
          "relative"
        ],
        [
          "blood relative",
          "blood relative"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You can get a job in a company where you have connections.",
          "roman": "Enko no aru kaisha ni shūshoku dekiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縁故",
              "えんこ"
            ],
            [
              "会社",
              "かいしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "就職",
              "しゅうしょく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "縁故のある会社に就職できる。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "affinity, social relations, social connection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affinity",
          "affinity"
        ],
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "縁故"
}