(n) change of fortune
trying to change one's luck
(n,vs) employment of workers through (personal) connections
getting a job through one's personal connection
(n) crony politics
nepotistic government
(n,vs) evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
(n) (1) recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections
(2) private (stock) offering (subscription)
(n) nepotism
(n) ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
(n) (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge
(n) festival vendor
(v1,vt) to marry off
to give in marriage
(n) proscenium stage
(n,adj-no) blood relationship
blood relations
being genetically related
(n) kin selection
(n) a couple strangely but happily united
uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
(n) (Buddh) the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
(n) one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law)
one's kith and kin
(n) insulation resistance
(n) a couple strangely but happily united
uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
(n) karma from a previous existence
(n) de facto wife
common-law wife
(n,adj-no) de facto marriage
common-law marriage
living together as husband and wife without formal marriage
(n) cemetery for those who left no relatives behind
potter's field
(n) adoption (of an heir)
(n) (having) a close relationship (with)
(exp) to be related to someone by blood
(exp) of good omen
augur well (for)
boding well for
good fortune
(exp) of good omen
augur well (for)
boding well for
good fortune
(exp) of good omen
augur well (for)
boding well for
good fortune
(exp) of good omen
augur well (for)
boding well for
good fortune
(exp) of bad omen
ill augur
boding evil
bad fortune