輪廻

See also: 輪迴, 輪回, and 轮回

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 輪迴 (“samsara; transmigration; cycle of birth, death and rebirth; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 輪迴).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りん
Grade: 4
え > ね
Jinmeiyō
goon

Etymology

/rinwe//rinɰe//rinːe/

From Middle Chinese 輪迴 (MC lwin hwoj, literally “wheel + revolve”), itself a translation of Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, literally passing, wandering).[1][2][3][4][5]

The e reading for changes to ne as an instance of renjō ((れん)(じょう)). [2][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

(りん)() • (rinneりんゑ (rin'we)?

  1. (philosophy, religion, especially in Buddhism) samsara (endless cycle of life, death, and reincarnation); metempsychosis
    Synonyms: 生死 (shōji), 転生 (tenshō), 輪転 (rinten), 輪廻転生 (rinne tenshō), 流転 (ruten), 流転輪廻 (ruten rinne), 六道輪廻 (rokudō rinne), 輪回し (wamawashi)
  2. (poetry) repeating of the same words and/or meanings in one volume of haikai or renga
  3. a cycle (process returning to the beginning and then repeating itself in the same sequence)
    Synonym: サイクル (saikuru)
  4. a deep attachment or obsession
    Synonym: 愛着 (aichaku)

Derived terms

  • (さん)(かい)(りん)() (sankai rinne)
  • (しょう)()(りん)() (shōji rinne)
  • (しん)(しょく)(りん)() (shinshoku rinne)
  • ()(けい)(りん)() (chikei rinne)
  • (とお)(りん)() (tō-rinne)
  • (ぶん)(だん)(りん)() (bundan rinne)
  • ()(てん)(りん)() (ruten rinne)
  • (ろく)(どう)(りん)() (rokudō rinne)

Proverbs

  • (ひん)()(だい)(たね)(とみ)(りん)()(きずな) (hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna)

See also

Verb

(りん)()する • (rinne suruりんゑ (rin'we)?suru (stem (りん)() (rinne shi), past (りん)()した (rinne shita))

  1. to go into an endless cycle
  2. to be attached to something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "輪廻する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 輪廻し りんねし rinne shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 輪廻し りんねし rinne shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 輪廻する りんねする rinne suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 輪廻する りんねする rinne suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 輪廻すれ りんねすれ rinne sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 輪廻せよ¹
輪廻しろ²
りんねせよ¹
りんねしろ²
rinne seyo¹
rinne shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 輪廻される りんねされる rinne sareru
Causative 輪廻させる
輪廻さす
りんねさせる
りんねさす
rinne saseru
rinne sasu
Potential 輪廻できる りんねできる rinne dekiru
Volitional 輪廻しよう りんねしよう rinne shiyō
Negative 輪廻しない りんねしない rinne shinai
Negative continuative 輪廻せず りんねせず rinne sezu
Formal 輪廻します りんねします rinne shimasu
Perfective 輪廻した りんねした rinne shita
Conjunctive 輪廻して りんねして rinne shite
Hypothetical conditional 輪廻すれば りんねすれば rinne sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ 輪廻”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 輪廻”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 輪廻”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

輪廻 • (yunhoe or McCune-Reischauer: yunhoe or Yale: yun.hoy) (hangeul 윤회)

  1. hanja form? of 윤회 (samsara)