無常（むじょう）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: impermanence
Example sentences
- 世の無常を感じる。 — He feels the impermanence of the world.
- 無常の中に美しさを見出す。 — She finds beauty within impermanence.
Idioms & proverbs containing “無常”
- 諸行無常 (しょぎょうむじょう) — all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
- 無常迅速 (むじょうじんそく) — the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times
- 無常の風 (むじょうのかぜ) — wind of impermanence (that ends people lives, like the wind scattering a flower's petals)
Antonyms
- 常住 (じょうじゅう)
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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