uncertainty; mutability; indeterminate
Describes something not fixed, not decided, or subject to change. Often used in formal or technical contexts such as law, mathematics, and philosophy.
Buddhism teaches the impermanence of the world.
He lamented the impermanence of life.
Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 定 (jō, 'fixed, decided'). The reading ふじょう is the standard on'yomi combination.