往おう生じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

Buddhist rebirth in the next life; passing on to the next life

Buddhist use, especially for being reborn in another realm such as the Pure Land; used as 往生する.

• 浄じょう土どに往おう生じょうすることを願ねがって念ねん仏ぶつを唱となえた。

  They chanted nenbutsu prayers hoping to be reborn in the Pure Land.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

death; passing away

Nontechnical extension meaning death or passing away; in modern use it is especially familiar in compounds such as 大往生 for a peaceful death at an advanced age.

• 祖そ父ふは九きゅう十じゅう五ご歳さいで大だい往おう生じょうした。

  My grandfather died peacefully at the age of ninety-five.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

give up the struggle; submit; give in

Idiomatic use for stopping resistance after being cornered or persuaded; often has an old-fashioned or rough conversational feel.

• 犯はん人にんはとうとう往おう生じょうして、罪つみを認みとめた。

  The culprit finally gave in and admitted his crime.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

be at one's wits' end; be stumped; be flummoxed

Used as 往生する when one is unable to cope with an unexpected problem, question, or situation; distinct from the death sense.

• 急きゅうな質しつ問もんに往おう生じょうした。

  I was stumped by the sudden question.

noun

coercion

Rare noun sense, linked to 圧状; chiefly dictionary-like or historical rather than a normal modern use of 往生.

See also: 圧状

• 古ふるい資し料りょうでは、往おう生じょうが「強きょう制せい」や「威い圧あつ」の意い味みで挙あげられることがある。

  In older materials, 往生 is sometimes listed with the meaning of coercion or intimidation.