Keyword
pagoda
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1601
Readings
せつ
(98%)
さつ
(1%)
Composed of
cross
tree
knife
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
ephemeral; transitory
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
Examples (7 in total)
In that instant, my breath stopped.
In an instant, the scenery changed.
In that instant, a man's voice was heard.
It was a fleeting moment, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the arrow.
The next instant, my feet lifted off the ground.
In that instant, they collided head-on.
I'm a person who lives for the moment.