"往生" meaning in Japanese

See 往生 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [o̞ːʑo̞ː] Forms: 往生 [canonical] (ruby: (おう), (じょう)), ōjō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|おうじょう}} 往(おう)生(じょう) • (ōjō)
  1. death, dying a happy death
    Sense id: en-往生-ja-noun-Wa85PXxI Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Death Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 38 42 Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 0
  2. giving up a struggle, submission
    Sense id: en-往生-ja-noun-tFU4AGVU Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 28 2 24 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 38 42
  3. at one's wit's end; flummoxed
    Sense id: en-往生-ja-noun-7H7M05Ii Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 28 2 24 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 18 1 29 37 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 42 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 41 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 19 38 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 41 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 往生こく (ōjōkoku) (ruby: (おう), (じょう))
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        ],
        [
          "生",
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      "word": "往生こく"
    }
  ],
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          "往",
          "おう"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "giving up a struggle, submission"
      ],
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          "_dis": "6 41 53",
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          "parents": [],
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        "at one's wit's end; flummoxed"
      ],
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        [
          "at one's wit's end",
          "at one's wit's end"
        ],
        [
          "flummoxed",
          "flummoxed"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "おーじょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ːʑo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "往生"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Death"
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "ōjōkoku",
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          "往",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "生",
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        ]
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    }
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        ],
        [
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          "じょう"
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      ],
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    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "death, dying a happy death"
      ],
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          "death",
          "death"
        ],
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          "dying",
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        ]
      ]
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      ],
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          "flummoxed",
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  ],
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      "other": "おーじょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ːʑo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 往生 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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