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形而上学 (keijijougaku) Japanese meaning: metaphysics | Kotomora

形けい而じ上じょう学がく

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Meanings

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metaphysics

The branch of philosophy dealing with the fundamental nature of reality, being, and the world.

形けい而じ上じょう学がくは、存そん在ざいの根こん本ぽん原げん

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Metaphysics is the study that investigates the fundamental principles of existence.

Kanji

形shape, form, style
而and yet, and then, but
上above, up
学study, learning, science

Word family

反はん形けい而じ上じょう学がく
anti-metaphysics

Built from

形けい而じ上じょう+学がく

Etymology

The term is a Japanese coinage from the Chinese translation of 'metaphysics', composed of 形 (form), 而 (and yet), 上 (above), and 学 (study), literally 'the study of what is beyond form'.