有う為い転てん変ぺん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

mutability of worldly affairs; fleeting changes of life

A yojijukugo expressing the Buddhist-influenced idea that all worldly things are impermanent and constantly changing. Often used in literary or reflective contexts.

• 有う為い転てん変ぺんの世よの中なかだからこそ、今いまを大たい切せつに生いきたい。

  Precisely because the world is one of constant change, I want to live cherishing the present.

• 彼かれは有う為い転てん変ぺんの理りを説といた。

  He expounded the principle of the impermanence of all things.