宿命
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Chinese
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former |
life; fate | ||
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| simp. and trad. (宿命) |
宿 | 命 | |
| Literally: “predestined life”. | |||
Etymology
Translation of Sanskrit जातिस्मर (jātismara, “recollecting a former existence; memory of previous births”). The Tibetan equivalent is ཚེ་རབས་དྲན་པ (tshe rabs dran pa).
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宿命
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Sino-Xenic (宿命):
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 宿 | 命 |
| しゅく Grade: 3 |
めい Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | |
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN