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    3. 往生

    往生

    往おう生じょう

    passing on to the next life

    KMT10News #42+1CoreReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    おうじょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    passing on to the next life
    Buddhism
    2.
    death
    3.
    giving up a struggle, submission
    4.
    being at one's wits' end, being flummoxed

    Noun

    5.
    coercion
    rare term

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    彼かれはもう往おう生じょうした方ほうが楽らくだろう。

    It would probably be easier for him to just pass away now.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    こんなに難むずかしいパズルは、もう往おう生じょうするしかない。

    This puzzle is so difficult, I have no choice but to give up.

    KMT9GamesEmotions & Psychology
    この問もん題だいにはもう往おう生じょう際ぎわが悪わるい。

    I'm at my wits' end with this problem.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、極ごく楽らく浄じょう土どに往おう生じょうすることを願ねがう。

    In Buddhism, one wishes to pass on to the Pure Land.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    阿あ弥み陀だ如にょ来らいの力ちからによって、人ひと々びとは往おう生じょうできると信しんじられている。

    It is believed that people can attain rebirth in the Pure Land through the power of Amitabha Buddha.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    往
    い.く・いにしえ・さき.に・ゆ.く…(2)
    journey・travel・chase away・let go・going…(2)
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
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