プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
いんねん【因縁】
❶〔因果，運命〕fate; destiny
あなたと知り合ったのも何かの因縁でしょう
We were no doubt predestined to become acquainted with each other.
それも前世からの因縁とあきらめよう
(I guess) I'll just have to accept it as fate.
❷〔由来〕origin
そのいわれ因縁はこうだ
This is its history.
その因縁話を長々と聞かされた
I had to listen to a lengthy account of how it all started.
❸〔宿命的関係〕
彼との因縁は浅くない
He and I are closely bound up together.
この会社と地域との間には浅からぬ因縁がある
「There are close ties [There is a close connection] between this company and the local community.
❹〔言いがかり〕
因縁をつける
find a pretext for quarreling with a person／〔けんかを売る〕pick a quarrel with a person
彼はごろつきに因縁をつけられ殴られた
He was beaten up by a hooligan on some trifling pretext.