森羅

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sēnluó

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄣㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ lo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sēnluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄣㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: senluó
  - Wade–Giles: sên¹-lo²
  - Yale: sēn-lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: senluo
  - Palladius: сэньло (sɛnʹlo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ lo⁴
  - Yale: sām lòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ lo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ lo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

Verb

森羅

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

Derived terms

森羅萬象 / 森罗万象 (sēnluó-wànxiàng)

Noun

森羅

(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

(Tokyo) しんら [shíꜜǹrà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩn̺ɾa̠]

Noun

森(しん)羅(ら) • (shinra)

countless objects in a particular arrangement, usually a line
everything above ground; all of nature

Derived terms

森羅(しんら)万象(ばんしょう) (shinra banshō), 森羅(しんら)万象(ばんぞう) (shinra banzō), 森羅(しんら)万象(まんぞう) (shinra manzō, “all things in nature”)

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))

(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)

a female given name
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)

a surname

References

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