Word Meaning 諸行無常

しょぎょうむじょう shogyoumujou

諸行無常 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

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Yojijukugo Rank 64497 Priority K

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むじょう

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火宅無常

かたくむじょう

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しょほうむが

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

無言の行

むごんのぎょう

ascetic practice of silence

無常感

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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)

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むじょうちょう

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異常行動

いじょうこうどう

abnormal behavior (behaviour)

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