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    3. 現世

    現世

    現げん世せ

    this world

    KMT8News #27+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    げんせげんせいげんぜ

    Noun

    1.
    this world, this life
    Buddhism
    2.
    current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

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    現げん世せでの幸しあわせを願ねがう。

    I wish for happiness in this life.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうでは、現げん世せの行おこないが来らい世せいに影えい響きょうすると考かんがえられている。

    In many religions, it is believed that actions in this world affect the next life.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    仏ぶっ教きょうでは、現げん世せは苦くるしみに満みちた世せ界かいであると説とかれる。

    In Buddhism, this world is taught to be a world full of suffering.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    現げん世せ利り益えきを追つい求きゅうするだけでなく、精せい神しん的てきな豊ゆたかさも大たい切せつだ。

    It's important not only to pursue worldly gains but also spiritual richness.

    KMT8philosophyReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは現げん世せの苦くるしみから解かい放ほうされることを求もとめて、修しゅ行ぎょうに励はげんだ。

    He devoted himself to ascetic training, seeking liberation from the suffering of this world.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyphilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    現
    あらわ.れる・あらわ.す・うつつ・うつ.つ…(3)
    present・existing・actual
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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