往生
おうじょう
oujou
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb Buddhism passing on to the next life
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb death
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb giving up a struggle; submission
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
rare term
coercion
see: 圧状・2
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
私は病院へ行く途中、交通渋滞にあって立ち往生してしまった。
watakushi ha byouin he iku tochuu 、 koutsuu juutai ni axtsu te tachi oujou shi te shimaxtsu ta 。
I was held up on my way to the hospital in a traffic jam.
君にはまったく往生する。
kimi ni ha mattaku oujou suru 。
You are hopeless.
こういう実行不可能な提案には往生する。
kou iu jikkou fu kanou na teian ni ha oujou suru 。
Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.
フランス語の先生は生徒の質問に立ち往生した。
furansu go no sensei ha seito no shitsumon ni tachi oujou shi ta 。
The French teacher was stumped by her student's question.
少年少女と呼ぶべき年齢の者から、近く大往生を遂げるのではないかという老齢の者の姿まである。
shounen shoujo to yobu beki nenrei no mono kara 、 chikaku dai oujou wo togeru no de ha nai ka to iu rourei no mono no sugata made aru 。
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.
彼らは交通渋滞で何時間も立ち往生した。
kare ra ha koutsuu juutai de nan jikan mo tachi oujou shi ta 。
They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.