有う象ぞう無む象ぞう

noun

mob; rabble; riffraff; the masses

Derogatory term for a disorderly crowd or the common masses, often implying lack of individuality or worth. Used in literary or critical contexts.

• 街まちには有う象ぞう無む象ぞうが溢あふれていた。

  The streets were overflowing with riffraff.

• 彼かれは有う象ぞう無む象ぞうの一人ひとりに過すぎない。

  He is nothing more than one of the faceless masses.

noun

all things in nature; the whole creation

Original Buddhist meaning: all phenomena, both with and without form. Rare in modern Japanese outside specialized or historical contexts.

• 有う象ぞう無む象ぞうは仏ぶっ教きょう用よう語ごで、形かたちあるものと形かたちなきものすべてを指さす。

  Uzōmuzō is a Buddhist term referring to all things, both with and without form.