also: むげん
noun
ceaselessness; incessancy
Abstract noun referring to an uninterrupted, continuous state; often used in philosophical or literary contexts.
彼の苦しみは無間のようだった。
His suffering seemed ceaseless.
noun
Avici hell; the hell of incessant suffering
Buddhist term; abbreviation of 無間地獄 (Muken Jigoku), the deepest hell where suffering is uninterrupted.
See also: 無間地獄
仏教では、無間地獄は最も苦しみの多い地獄とされる。
In Buddhism, the Avici hell is considered the most painful hell.
Full term for the Avici hell; 無間 is the abbreviated form used in Buddhist contexts.
From Middle Chinese 無間 (mju kɛnH), meaning 'without interval' or 'incessant'. The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit Avīci, the hell of uninterrupted suffering.