万物

See also: 萬物

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 萬物 (“everything; all things; all the universe; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 萬物).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ばん
Grade: 2
ぶつ
Grade: 3
kan'on
Alternative spelling
萬物 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(ばん)(ぶつ) • (banbutsu

  1. all things which exist
    (ばん)(ぶつ)(つね)変化(へんか)する。
    Banbutsu wa tsuneni henkasuru.
    Everything is constantly changing.
    • 2014 August 23, “ラーの(よく)(しん)(りゅう) [Ra the Winged God Dragon]”, in 決闘王の記憶 -闘いの儀編- [Memories of the Duel King -Battle Ceremony Edition-], Konami:
      (せい)(れい)(うた)う。(おお)いなる(ちから)、すべての(ばん)(ぶつ)(つかさど)らん。その(いのち)、その(たましい)、そしてその(なきがら)でさえも。
      Seirei wa utau. Ōinaru chikara, subete no banbutsu o tsukasadoran. Sono inochi, sono tamashī, soshite sono nakigara de sae mo.
      Spirits sing. Of the great power, ruling all. Those lives, those souls, and even those corpses.
  2. All the universe.
  3. Every manifestation of nature.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 万物”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here