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Kotomora

多た生しょう

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Meanings

1

noun

metempsychosis; transmigration of souls

Buddhist term for the cycle of rebirth; a technical concept in Buddhist philosophy.

2

noun

saving many lives

Used in the context of sparing or rescuing many living beings; often appears in the compound 一殺多生 (issatsu tashō), meaning 'killing one to save many'.

See also: 一殺多生

Expressions