生滅（しょうめつ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: arising and passing away
Example sentences
- 万物の生滅を静かに見つめる。 — He quietly contemplates the birth and death of all things.
- 生滅を繰り返して世は移る。 — The world changes as things are endlessly born and destroyed.
Idioms & proverbs containing “生滅”
- 是生滅法 (ぜしょうめっぽう) — the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction
- 生滅滅已 (しょうめつめつい) — going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana
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