森羅

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Chinese

of trees, many
to collect; to gather; to catch
to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze
 
trad. (森羅) 森 羅
simp. (森罗) 森 罗

Pronunciation

Verb

森羅

  1. (literary) to spread out one after another
  2. (literary, of trees) to grow in an arrangement

Derived terms

Noun

森羅

  1. (literary) dense foliage

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
森 羅
しん
Grade: 1 		ら
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 森羅 (MC srim la, literally “forest + spread out → trees growing in an arrangement”).

Pronunciation

Noun

森(しん)羅(ら) • (shinra) 

  1. countless objects in a particular arrangement, usually a line
  2. everything above ground; all of nature
Derived terms

Verb

森(しん)羅(ら)する • (shinra suru) suru (stem 森(しん)羅(ら)し (shinra shi), past 森(しん)羅(ら)した (shinra shita))

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to continuously arrange
Inflection
Conjugation of "森羅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 森羅し しんらし shinra shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 森羅し しんらし shinra shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 森羅する しんらする shinra suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 森羅する しんらする shinra suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 森羅すれ しんらすれ shinra sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 森羅せよ¹
森羅しろ² 		しんらせよ¹
しんらしろ² 		shinra seyo¹
shinra shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 森羅される しんらされる shinra sareru
Causative 森羅させる
森羅さす 		しんらさせる
しんらさす 		shinra saseru
shinra sasu
Potential 森羅できる しんらできる shinra dekiru
Volitional 森羅しよう しんらしよう shinra shiyō
Negative 森羅しない しんらしない shinra shinai
Negative continuative 森羅せず しんらせず shinra sezu
Formal 森羅します しんらします shinra shimasu
Perfective 森羅した しんらした shinra shita
Conjunctive 森羅して しんらして shinra shite
Hypothetical conditional 森羅すれば しんらすれば shinra sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Proper noun

森(しん)羅(ら) • (Shinra) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
森 羅
もり
Grade: 1 		ら
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Proper noun

森(もり)羅(ら) • (Morira) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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