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往生 おうじょう

  1. passing on to the next life
  2. death
  3. giving up a struggle; submission
  4. being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
  5. coercion

往生際 おうじょうぎわ

  1. brink of death
  2. knowing when to give up; time to give up

往生際が悪い おうじょうぎわがわるい

  1. being a bad loser; not knowing when to give up

往生際の悪い おうじょうぎわのわるい

  1. not knowing when to give up; unreasonably stubborn

立ち往生 たちおうじょう

  1. being brought to a standstill; being stranded; deadlock; getting stuck; stalling
  2. being in a dilemma; being stumped; standing speechless; stopping in one's tracks
  3. dying on one's feet; dying while standing (and remaining standing)

無理往生 むりおうじょう

  1. coercion; compulsion; forced compliance

極楽往生 ごくらくおうじょう

  1. peaceful death; rebirth in paradise

大往生 だいおうじょう

  1. peaceful death

念仏往生 ねんぶつおうじょう

  1. being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

大往生を遂げる だいおうじょうをとげる

  1. to die peacefully; to have lived a full life
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