じょう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
Buddhist
1. uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
wind of impermanence (that ends people lives, like the wind scattering a flower's petals)
This world is uncertain (cruel) like a burning house