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A2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

往生(おうじょう)passing on to the next life, death, giving up a struggle, submission, being at one's wits' end, being flummoxed, coercion

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    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      passing on to the next life

      Buddhism
    2. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      death

    3. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

      giving up a struggle, submission

    4. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

      being at one's wits' end, being flummoxed

    5. Noun

      5.

      coercion

      Rare term,

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    往生 【おうじょう】

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      仏語(ふつご)で、往生(おうじょう)()まれ()わることを意味(いみ)します。

      In Buddhism, rebirth means passing on to the next life.

      • N1

      (だい)往生(おうじょう)()げた祖父(そふ)今頃(いまごろ)天国(てんごく)にいることだろう。

      My grandfather, who passed away peacefully, is probably in heaven by now.

      • N1

      警察(けいさつ):「もう観念(かんねん)して往生(おうじょう)しなさい!これが最後(さいご)命令(めいれい)だ!」

      Police: 'Give up and resign now! This is the final order!'

      • N1

      まだ(いえ)まで10(じゅっ)キロもあるのに自転車(じてんしゃ)がパンクして往生(おうじょう)しました。

      Even though there's still 10 kilometers to go home, my bicycle got a flat tire and I'm at my wits' end.

      • N1

      仏語(ふつご)で、死後(しご)極楽浄土(ごくらくじょうど)()まれ()わることを往生(おうじょう)()うのだそうです。

      In Buddhism, it seems that they call the act of being reborn in paradise after death as 'passing on to the next life.'

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