Word Meaning 生老病死

しょうろうびょうし shouroubyoushi

生老病死 is read as しょうろうびょうし (shouroubyoushi) and means the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death).

Meaning

English

the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)

Reading

Kana

しょうろうびょうし

Romaji

shouroubyoushi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 89912 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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生病老死

せいびょうろうし

birth, illness, old age and death

生死

しょうじ

death

生死

いきしに

life and death

生死に関わる問題

せいしにかかわるもんだい

matter of life and death

生死流転

しょうじるてん

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

生死観

せいしかん

one's opinion on life and death

生ある者は必ず死あり

せいあるものはかならずしあり

no mortal escapes death

流転生死

るてんしょうじ

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

戦病死

せんびょうし

death from disease contracted at the front

不老不死

ふろうふし

perpetual youth and longevity

老死

ろうし

dying of old age

生き身は死身

いきみはしにみ

all that lives must eventually die