impermanence
Buddhist term for the transience of all things; often used in phrases like 諸行無常.
Antonyms: 常住
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun
mutable; uncertain; ever-changing; transitory
General use describing the fleeting, changeable nature of life or worldly things; often with a poetic or philosophical tone.
人生の無常を感じる。
I feel the transience of life.
Impermanence of all things is one of the fundamental teachings of Buddhism.
無常の世の中だからこそ、今を大切に生きたい。
Precisely because the world is ever-changing, I want to live cherishing the present.
always; constantly; eternally · constancy; eternity · permanent residence
無常, a Buddhist term for impermanence, directly contrasts with 恒常, which denotes lasting constancy.
all things must pass; impermanence of all things
sense of impermanence; awareness of the transience of life
lesser cuckoo
impermanent like a burning house; mutable; uncertain
swift passage of life; impermanence and the nearness of death
From Middle Chinese 無常 (mju dzyang), literally 'without permanence'. The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit anitya.