森羅万象

Japanese

Kanji in this term
森 羅 万 象
しん
Grade: 1		 ら
Grade: S		 ばん
Grade: 2		 しょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 森羅萬象, can be interpreted as a compound of 森 (しん)羅 (ら) (shinra, literally, "all-covering forest → everything above ground") + 万 (ばん)象 (しょう) (banshō, literally "ten thousand/myriads of things → everything").

Pronunciation

Noun

森羅万象 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 森羅萬象, hiragana しんらばんしょう, rōmaji shinra banshō, alternative reading しんらばんぞう, rōmaji shinra banzō, alternative reading しんらまんぞう, rōmaji shinra manzō)

  1. (idiomatic, Buddhism) all things existing in the universe

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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