Word Meaning 弁慶の立往生

べんけいのたちおうじょう benkei no tachioujou

弁慶の立往生 is read as べんけいのたちおうじょう (benkei no tachioujou) and means situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward.

Meaning

English

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward
Benkei's last stand

Reading

Kana

べんけいのたちおうじょう

Romaji

benkei no tachioujou

Writing Variants

弁慶の立ち往生 べんけいのたちおうじょう benkei no tachioujou

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 86656 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

立ち往生

たちおうじょう

dying while standing (and remaining standing)

弁慶

べんけい

bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)

弁が立つ

べんがたつ

to be eloquent

弁じ立てる

べんじたてる

to speak eloquently

弁慶格子

べんけいごうし

checked pattern

弁慶の泣き所

べんけいのなきどころ

Achilles heel

弁慶草

べんけいそう

orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

往生

おうじょう

coercion

大往生

だいおうじょう

peaceful death

極楽往生

ごくらくおうじょう

rebirth in paradise

念仏往生

ねんぶつおうじょう

being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

弁慶縞

べんけいじま

checks