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    3. 陰陽

    陰陽

    陰いん陽よう

    cosmic dual forces

    KMT10News #41+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    いんようおんみょうおんよう

    Noun

    1.
    cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    陰いん陽ようは中ちゅう国ごくの哲てつ学がく思し想そうです。

    Yin and Yang is a Chinese philosophical concept.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    陰いん陽ようのバランスが崩くずれると、心しん身しんの不ふ調ちょうを招まねくと言いわれている。

    It is said that an imbalance of Yin and Yang can lead to physical and mental ailments.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyMedicine & Health
    陰いん陽よう五ご行ぎょう説せつは、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの自し然ぜん哲てつ学がくであり、医い学がくや占せん術じゅつにも影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    The theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is an ancient Chinese natural philosophy that influenced medicine and divination.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryScience & Math
    道どう教きょうの思し想そうでは、宇う宙ちゅうのあらゆる現げん象しょうは陰いん陽ようの相そう互ご作さ用ようによって生しょうじるとされる。

    In Taoist thought, all phenomena in the universe are believed to arise from the interaction of Yin and Yang.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyScience & Math
    日に本ほんの陰おん陽みょう道どうは、中ちゅう国ごくの陰いん陽よう思し想そうが伝でん来らいし、独どく自じの発はっ展てんを遂とげたものである。

    Japanese Onmyōdō (the Way of Yin and Yang) is a unique development of Chinese Yin-Yang thought that was transmitted to Japan.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    陰
    かげ・かげ.る…(1)
    shade・yin・negative・sex organs・secret…(1)
    陽
    ひ…(8)
    sunshine・yang principle・positive・male・heaven…(1)
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