定じょうじょうJLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000じ字FuriganaMeanings1nouncertainty; reality; actualityUsed in the fixed expression 案の定 (あんのじょう, 'as expected') and rarely as a standalone noun meaning 'certainty' or 'reality'.See also: 案の定 (あんのじょう)案あんの定じょう、彼かれは遅ち刻こくした。As expected, he was late.2noun, used as a prefixregular; permanentPrefix used in compounds like 定宿 (じょうやど, 'one's regular hotel') to indicate something fixed or habitual.See also: 定宿出しゅっ張ちょうのときはいつも定じょう宿やどに泊とまる。When on business trips, I always stay at my regular hotel.3nounsamadhi (Buddhist meditative concentration)Buddhism›Buddhist term for a deep state of meditative absorption; often appears in compounds like 禅定 (ぜんじょう).See also: 三昧 (さんまい) · 禅定 (ぜんじょう)禅ぜん定じょうに入いることで心こころの平へい静せいを得える。One attains mental tranquility by entering samadhi.Expressions会え者しゃ定じょう離りthose who meet must part; we meet only to part勘かん定じょう合あって銭ぜに足たらずthe accounts balance but the money is short; what works on paper doesn't always work in practice
