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生しょう老ろう病びょう死し
Meanings
Noun
Four character compound
Buddhist
1. the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
Alt. forms
生しょう老ろう病びょう死し
しょうろうびょうし
Kanji used
生
life
老
elderly
病
illness
死
death
Pitch accent
しょ
うろうびょ
うし
Used in: 16
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
death from disease; death from illness
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
infirmities of old age
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out