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[おう()·じょう()]
oujou
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 往生

noun, suru verb
  1. passing on to the next life
  2. death
  3. giving up a struggle; submission
  4. being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
noun
  1. coercion

Definition and Synonyms for 往生

Die disappear or come to an end
Synonyms: いく, こける, なくなる, 事切れる, 亡くなる, 卒する, 往生, へい死, 死ぬ
Go pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Synonyms: いく, こもる, くたばる, はかなくなる, 上天, この世を去る, 世を去る, 事切れる, 亡くなる, 他界, 入定, 入寂, 入滅, 円寂, 卒する, 卒去, 天上, 失せる, 失命, 寂滅, 崩じる, 崩ずる, 崩御, 往生, 急死, 成仏, 旅立つ, 易簀, 果てる, へい死, おっ死ぬ, 死ぬ, 死する, 死亡, 死去, 死没, 永逝, 没する, 消える, 消え入る, 消え失せる, 滅する, 滅びる, 物故, 登仙, 眠る, 示寂, 空しくなる, 絶え入る, 絶命, 絶息, 絶え果てる, 落命, 薨ずる, 薨去, 身罷る, 逝去, 遠逝, 遷化, 長逝, お隠れになる, 隠る, 隠れる
Decease the event of dying or departure from life
Synonyms: デス, こもる, もしものこと, 一巻の終わり, 一死, 不帰, 不幸, 不祝儀, , 亡い, 人死に, 他界, 入滅, , 卒去, 召天, 寂滅, 往生, 御事, 昇天, 易簀, 最後, , 死に, 死ぬ, 死亡, 死出の旅, 死去, 死没, 永眠, , 無常の風, 物故, 登仙, 眠り, 眠る, 終わり, 終わる, 終焉, 絶命, 絶息, 落命, 薨去, 辞世, 逝去, 遷化, 長逝, 閉眼, 隠る, 隠れ, 隠れる
Death the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
Synonyms: 一死, , 亡い, 寂滅, 往生, , 死に, 死ぬ, 死亡, 死没, , 絶命, 絶息, 辞世

Meanings for each kanji in 往生

» journey; chase away; let go; going; travel
» life; genuine; birth

Categories 往生 is a member of

Turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
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Vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation
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Change an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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Organic Phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
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Sample Sentences for 往生

You are hopeless.
There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span.
Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.

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