おうじょう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
Buddhist
1. passing on to the next life
2. death
3. giving up a struggle; submission
4. being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
Noun
Obscure
5. coercion
Pitch accent
うじょう
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
peaceful death
rebirth in paradise; peaceful death
passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha
forced compliance; coercion; compulsion