縁 (Kanji for rim / omen)

JERK： it can mean rim or edge, but also a connection (think of ２ things joined at the edges).

Onyomi

EN	The rim has no END, you can keep going around it forever.

Tie the string around the rim of the pig's snout, to keep it from biting.

ふち	rim or edge of table, cup, picture frame (emphasis is that it's not a point on the edge, it's the ENTIRE edge) KANA ★☆☆☆☆

縁起(えんぎ) のいい or の悪い

omen ★☆☆☆☆
縁 (rim / omen) + 起 (wake up / occur) = 縁起 (omen)

an omen (can be good or bad)

縁がある(えんがある)

to have a chance, to be linked by fate ★☆☆☆☆

The WATER is green,

but the rim of the HOUSE is clean.

If you record music you'll get a GOLD record.