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有為転変 (ういてんぺん, uitenpen) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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、
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.
He expounded the principle of the impermanence of all things.
Kanji 転 revolve, turn around, change 変 unusual, change, strange Related words 諸しょ 行ぎょう 無む 常じょう Both express impermanence, but 諸行無常 is a direct Buddhist term meaning 'all things are impermanent', while 有為転変 focuses on the shifting, changing aspect of worldly phenomena.
無む 常じょう 無常 is a more common and general term for impermanence, whereas 有為転変 is a formal yojijukugo with a literary feel.
Etymology A yojijukugo derived from Buddhist terminology. 有為 (ui) refers to conditioned, worldly phenomena, and 転変 (tenpen) means change or transformation. Together they express the constant flux of all conditioned things.
