定じょう

noun

certainty; reality; actuality

Used 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.

noun, used as a prefix

regular; permanent

Prefix 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.

noun

samadhi (Buddhist meditative concentration)

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.