"無常" meaning in Japanese

See 無常 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [mɯ̟ʑo̞ː]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 無常 (MC mju dzyang), in turn a translation of Pali anicca or Sanskrit अनित्य (anitya). First cited in a Japanese text in the 勝鬘経義疏 (Shōmangyō Gisho) of 611, one of the three texts grouped together as the 三経義疏 (Sangyō Gisho). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=むじょう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|無常}} 無常 (MC mju dzyang), {{der|ja|pi|anicca|sort=むじょう}} Pali anicca, {{der|ja|sa|अनित्य|sort=むじょう}} Sanskrit अनित्य (anitya) Head templates: {{ja-adj|むじょう|hhira=むじやう|infl=な}} 無(む)常(じょう) • (mujō) ^(←むじやう (muzyau)?)-na (adnominal 無(む)常(じょう)な (mujō na), adverbial 無(む)常(じょう)に (mujō ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=むじょう|lemma=無常|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 無常 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じょう)), mujō [romanization], muzyau [romanization], 無常な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (じょう)), 無常に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (じょう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 無常だろ [imperfective, stem], むじょうだろ [imperfective, stem], mujō daro [imperfective], 無常で [continuative, stem], むじょうで [continuative, stem], mujō de [continuative], 無常だ [stem, terminative], むじょうだ [stem, terminative], mujō da [terminative], 無常な [attributive, stem], むじょうな [attributive, stem], mujō na [attributive], 無常なら [hypothetical, stem], むじょうなら [hypothetical, stem], mujō nara [hypothetical], 無常であれ [imperative, stem], むじょうであれ [imperative, stem], mujō de are [imperative], 無常ではない [informal, negative], 無常じゃない [informal, negative], むじょうではない [informal, negative], むじょうじゃない [informal, negative], mujō de wa nai [informal, negative], mujō ja nai [informal, negative], 無常だった [informal, past], むじょうだった [informal, past], mujō datta [informal, past], 無常ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 無常じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], むじょうではなかった [informal, negative, past], むじょうじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], mujō de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], mujō ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 無常です [formal], むじょうです [formal], mujō desu [formal], 無常ではありません [formal, negative], 無常じゃありません [formal, negative], むじょうではありません [formal, negative], むじょうじゃありません [formal, negative], mujō de wa arimasen [formal, negative], mujō ja arimasen [formal, negative], 無常でした [formal, past], むじょうでした [formal, past], mujō deshita [formal, past], 無常ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 無常じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むじょうではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], むじょうじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], mujō de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], mujō ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 無常で [conjunctive], むじょうで [conjunctive], mujō de [conjunctive], 無常なら(ば) [conditional], むじょうなら(ば) [conditional], mujō nara (ba) [conditional], 無常だったら [conditional, past], むじょうだったら [conditional, past], mujō dattara [conditional, past], 無常だろう [volitional], むじょうだろう [volitional], mujō darō [volitional], 無常に [adverbial], むじょうに [adverbial], mujō ni [adverbial], 無常さ [noun-from-adj], むじょうさ [noun-from-adj], mujōsa [noun-from-adj]
  1. transient, impermanent, mutable
    Sense id: en-無常-ja-adj-scKf7zob Categories (other): 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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 57 41 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 64 33 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 62 35 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 43 42 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 35 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 62 36 2

Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟ʑo̞ː] Forms: 無常 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じょう)), mujō [romanization], muzyau [romanization], むじやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 無常 (MC mju dzyang), in turn a translation of Pali anicca or Sanskrit अनित्य (anitya). First cited in a Japanese text in the 勝鬘経義疏 (Shōmangyō Gisho) of 611, one of the three texts grouped together as the 三経義疏 (Sangyō Gisho). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=むじょう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|無常}} 無常 (MC mju dzyang), {{der|ja|pi|anicca|sort=むじょう}} Pali anicca, {{der|ja|sa|अनित्य|sort=むじょう}} Sanskrit अनित्य (anitya) Head templates: {{ja-noun|むじょう|hhira=むじやう}} 無(む)常(じょう) • (mujō) ^(←むじやう (muzyau)?)
  1. transience, impermanence, mutability
    Sense id: en-無常-ja-noun-XNJXxjVA Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 43 42 15
  2. (figurative) death, the impermanence of one's life Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-無常-ja-noun-PmZz2EpV Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 43 42 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 諸行無常 (shogyō mujō) (ruby: (しょ), (ぎょう), (), (じょう)) (english: everything is transient)
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      "form": "無常なら",
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      "form": "むじょうなら",
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      "form": "無常であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "むじょうであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "mujō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "無常ではない",
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      "form": "無常じゃない",
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      "form": "むじょうではない",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "むじょうじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "mujō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "mujō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "無常だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "むじょうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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      "form": "mujō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "無常ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "むじょうではなかった",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "mujō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "mujō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "無常です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "むじょうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "mujō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "無常ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "無常じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "むじょうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "むじょうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mujō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "無常でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "むじょうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "むじょうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "mujō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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        "infl": "な"
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        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "むじょう",
        "lemma": "無常",
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        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
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      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ʑo̞ː]"
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  ],
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}

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      "form": "無常だろ",
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    {
      "form": "むじょうだろ",
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    {
      "form": "mujō daro",
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      "form": "無常で",
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      "form": "むじょうで",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "mujō de",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative"
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      "form": "むじょうだ",
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    {
      "form": "mujō da",
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      "tags": [
        "terminative"
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      "form": "無常な",
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    {
      "form": "むじょうな",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mujō na",
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      "tags": [
        "attributive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "無常なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうなら",
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      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "mujō nara",
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      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常であれ",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "むじょうであれ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de are",
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    {
      "form": "無常ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "無常じゃない",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうではない",
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    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうじゃない",
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      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de wa nai",
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      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ja nai",
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      "tags": [
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうではなかった",
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      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō nara (ba)",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常だったら",
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    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうだったら",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō dattara",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常だろう",
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    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうだろう",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō darō",
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    },
    {
      "form": "無常に",
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    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうに",
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無常さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじょうさ",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujōsa",
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    }
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        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
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        "kana": "むじょう",
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    {
      "other": "むじょー"
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      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ʑo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Sangyō Gisho"
  ],
  "word": "無常"
}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 無常 (MC mju dzyang), in turn a translation of Pali anicca or Sanskrit अनित्य (anitya).\nFirst cited in a Japanese text in the 勝鬘経義疏 (Shōmangyō Gisho) of 611, one of the three texts grouped together as the 三経義疏 (Sangyō Gisho).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "無常",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "常",
          "じょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mujō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "muzyau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むじやう",
      "roman": "muzyau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むじょう",
        "hhira": "むじやう"
      },
      "expansion": "無(む)常(じょう) • (mujō) ^(←むじやう (muzyau)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "everything is transient",
      "roman": "shogyō mujō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "諸",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "行",
          "ぎょう"
        ],
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "常",
          "じょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "諸行無常"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "transience, impermanence, mutability"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transience",
          "transience"
        ],
        [
          "impermanence",
          "impermanence"
        ],
        [
          "mutability",
          "mutability"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "death, the impermanence of one's life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "impermanence",
          "impermanence"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) death, the impermanence of one's life"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むじょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ʑo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Sangyō Gisho"
  ],
  "word": "無常"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 無常 meaning in Japanese (12.1kB)

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  "path": [
    "無常"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "無常",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "無常"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "無常",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "無常"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "無常",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "無常"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "無常",
  "trace": ""
}

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