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朝菌 (choukin) Japanese meaning: morning mushroom | Kotomora
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Kanji 朝 morning, dynasty, regime Related words 朝あさ 顔がお 朝顔 (morning glory) is a common flower that blooms in the morning and fades by afternoon, but unlike 朝菌 it is a familiar garden plant, not an archaic metaphor for transience.
泡沫うたかた 泡沫 (bubble on the water) is a more common literary word for something ephemeral, used in modern poetry and lyrics, while 朝菌 is a rare classical allusion.
Etymology From Chinese 朝菌 (zhāojùn), literally 'morning mushroom', used in classical Chinese texts such as Zhuangzi to symbolize extreme brevity of life. The Japanese reading ちょうきん is the on'yomi of the characters.
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There is a poem that laments a life as fleeting as a morning mushroom.
