愛別離苦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛	別	離	苦
あい Grade: 4	べつ Grade: 4	り Grade: S	く Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語) from the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, chapter 12.

Compound of 愛別離(あいべつり) (aibetsuri, “separation from love(d ones)”) + 苦(く) (ku, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あいべつりく [àíbétsúríꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠ibe̞t͡sɨɾʲikɯ̟]

Idiom

愛(あい)別(べつ)離(り)苦(く) • (aibetsuriku)

(Buddhism) the suffering of parting from loved ones (one of the eight forms of suffering)

See also

八苦(はっく) (hakku, “the eight forms of suffering”)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“愛別離苦”, in 漢検四字熟語辞典 (Kanken Yojijukugo Jiten, “Kanji Kentei Four-Character-Idiom Dictionary”) (in Japanese), second edition, Tōkyō: Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2012, →ISBN, page 61