Word details
往生
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 往生.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb; Buddhism
passing on to the next life
2
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
death
3
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
giving up a struggle; submission
4
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
Examples
こういう実行不可能な提案には往生する。
Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.
5
Rare term
coercion
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
往
journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
8 strokesFrequency 1,421JLPT N1Grade 5
On
オウ
Kun
い.くいにしえさき.にゆ.く
Nanori
みち
生
life, genuine, birth
5 strokesFrequency 29JLPT N4Grade 1
On
セイショウ
Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすきなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
Nanori
あさいきいくいけうぶうまいえおいぎゅうくるみごせさじょうすぎそそうちるなばにうにゅうふみもうよいりゅう
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