煩悩

• 読み: ぼんのう
• ローマ字: bonno
• 漢字の分解: 煩 (bon) — troubled, vexed | 悩 (no) — anguish, suffering
• 発音: /bon.no.ɯ/

意味

Worldly desires; earthly passions; mental afflictions that cause suffering and bind beings to the cycle of rebirth.

In Buddhist doctrine, 煩悩 refers to the 108 defilements of mind — including greed, hatred, and delusion — that prevent enlightenment. This is why temple bells are rung 108 times at New Year (除夜の鐘) to symbolically dispel each affliction. In modern casual speech, the word is often used humorously to describe mundane temptations such as overeating or impulse buying.

例文

1. 除夜の鐘は108つの煩悩を払うために打たれると言われている。
2. ダイエット中なのに甘いものが食べたくなる。煩悩に勝てない。
3. 修行を積んでも煩悩から完全に解放されるのは難しいと老僧は語った。

使い方ガイド

場面: Buddhism, religion, humour, self-reflection

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sanskrit kleśa (affliction), translated into Chinese as 煩悩 — 煩 meaning troubled/vexed and 悩 meaning anguish. The compound captures the tormenting nature of mental defilements in Buddhist philosophy.

文化的背景

時代: Nara–Present

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal