永劫

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal えいごうeigō
読み えいごう
ローマ字 eigō
漢字の分解 永 (ei/naga) — eternal, long; 劫 (gō/kō) — kalpa, aeon (Buddhist time unit)
発音 /eː.ɡoː/

意味

Eternity; perpetuity; an infinitely long span of time. Used in expressions emphasising something lasting forever or a future that will never arrive.

A formal, literary noun frequently paired with 未来 or used in the fixed expression 永劫回帰 (eternal recurrence, Nietzsche's concept). Also appears in 永劫に (eternally) and the emphatic 永劫ない (will never happen). More elevated and philosophically weighted than 永遠 in register.

例文

  1. 永劫に変わることのない真実など存在しない。
  2. その出来事は永劫忘れることができないだろう。
  3. 仏教では永劫の時間の中で輪廻が繰り返されると説く。

使い方ガイド

場面: philosophy, Buddhist scripture, literary writing, idioms

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

From Classical Chinese via Buddhist scripture. 永 means everlasting; 劫 (also read こう, Sanskrit kalpa) is a Buddhist concept of an immeasurably vast unit of time. Together they convey absolute, incomprehensible eternity.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

年度 Fiscal year; academic year; official year. A defined annual period used for administrative, educational, or financial purposes, often not aligned with the calendar year. 昭和 The Shōwa era; the imperial reign period of Emperor Hirohito, spanning 1926 to 1989. One of the longest and most historically eventful eras in Japanese history. 歴史的 Historic; historical. Describes something of great historical significance, or something related to history in general. 元号 Era name; the official name given to a reign period in the Japanese imperial system. Japan currently uses the era Reiwa, which began in 2019. 干支 The Chinese zodiac; the traditional sexagenary cycle combining the ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches. Also used colloquially to refer to one's zodiac animal sign. 年号 Era name; Japanese era designation. An official name given to a reign period in the traditional Japanese calendar system. 年度末 End of the fiscal year or academic year; year-end in the Japanese administrative calendar. Typically refers to late March. 戦前 Pre-war; the period before a war. In Japanese, typically refers to Japan before World War II, particularly before 1937 or 1941.
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