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恒常 (こうじょう, koujou) Japanese meaning: constancy | Kotomora

恒こう常じょう

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Meanings

1

constancy; permanence

Abstract noun referring to an unchanging, permanent state. Often used in formal or philosophical contexts.

自し然ぜんの恒こう常じょう性せいは、時ときに人

にん

間げん

の

活かつ

動どう

に

よっ

て

脅おびや

かさ

れる

。

The constancy of nature is sometimes threatened by human activity.

この制せい度どの恒こう常じょう的てきな運うん用ようが求もとめられている。

The permanent operation of this system is required.

Kanji

恒constancy, always
常usual, ordinary, normal

Related words

恒こう久きゅうN1
恒久 is used in everyday phrases like 恒久平和 (lasting peace), while 恒常 is a more formal, abstract term found in philosophical or technical writing.
不ふ変へんN1
不変 describes something unchanging, often a concrete property or value, whereas 恒常 emphasizes a continuous, enduring state in a more abstract sense.
永えい続ぞく
永続 stresses that something continues without interruption over time, while 恒常 stresses a fixed, unchanging condition rather than mere continuity.
経けい常じょう
恒常 means 'constant, unchanging' in a broad sense, while 経常 specifically labels ongoing financial items (e.g. 経常利益) as opposed to one-time ones.
常つね
恒常 is a more formal noun meaning constancy or a steady, unchanging state, while 常 refers more broadly to the ordinary course of things.

Opposites

無む常じょう
無常, a Buddhist term for impermanence, directly contrasts with 恒常, which denotes lasting constancy.

Don't confuse with

恒こう久きゅうN1
恒常 means 'constancy, invariability' of a state or quality, while 恒久 specifically means 'permanence' over time, especially of institutions or arrangements.

Word family

恒こう常じょう性せい
homeostasis · constancy; stability
恒こう常じょう的てき
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
恒こう常じょう所しょ得とく
permanent income
恒こう常じょう河か川せん
perennial river; permanent stream

Etymology

Compound of 恒 (constant) and 常 (usual, ordinary). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys an enduring, unchanging state.