Word Meaning 如露亦如電

にょろやくにょでん nyoroyakunyoden

如露亦如電 is read as にょろやくにょでん (nyoroyakunyoden) and means like dew or lightning, gone in a flash.

Meaning

English

  1. like dew or lightning, gone in a flash

Reading

Kana

にょろやくにょでん

Romaji

nyoroyakunyoden

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 52 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 123792 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

如露如電

にょろにょでん

existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning

如露

じょろ

watering can

電光朝露

でんこうちょうろ

fleeting

如月

きさらぎ

second month of the lunar calendar

如何に

いかに

hey

如何にも

いかにも

absolutely

如実

にょじつ

ultimate reality

如し

ごとし

like

如来

にょらい

Tathagata

如何

いかが

questionable

如実知見

にょじつちけん

perceiving reality as it is

如意自在

にょいじざい

freely