Word Meaning 諸業無常

しょぎょうむじょう shogyoumujou

諸業無常 is read as しょぎょうむじょう (shogyoumujou) and means all things must pass.

Meaning

English

  1. all things must pass
  2. all worldly things are impermanent

Reading

Kana

しょぎょうむじょう

Romaji

shogyoumujou

Writing Variants

  • 諸行無常 しょぎょうむじょう shogyoumujou
  • 諸行無情 しょぎょうむじょう shogyoumujou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Yojijukugo Rank 66070 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

無常

むじょう

uncertainty

火宅無常

かたくむじょう

impermanent (like a burning house)

諸法無我

しょほうむが

idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances

五無間業

ごむけんごう

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

無常感

むじょうかん

sense of the vanity of life

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)

通常業務

つうじょうぎょうむ

normal duties

諸君

しょくん

you (people)

諸国

しょこく

various countries

諸悪

しょあく

various evils

諸般

しょはん

various

諸島

しょとう

archipelago