輪廻

• 読み: りんね
• ローマ字: rinne
• 漢字の分解: 輪 (rin) — wheel, cycle | 廻 (ne) — to revolve, to go around
• 発音: /ɾin.ne/

意味

Samsara; the cycle of death and rebirth; reincarnation as a continuous cycle of existence driven by karma.

From Sanskrit samsara, 輪廻 (sometimes 輪廻転生) is the Buddhist and Hindu concept of the continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth across different states of existence (六道 — the six realms: hells, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, demigods, gods). Liberation (解脱/nirvana) is the release from this cycle. In Japanese popular culture 輪廻転生 (reincarnation) is a common trope in fiction, anime, and games, giving the term wider popular recognition beyond religious contexts.

例文

1. 仏教では輪廻から解脱することが修行の最終目標とされている。
2. すべての生き物は善悪の行いに応じて輪廻し、次の生を得ると教えられた。
3. 輪廻転生をテーマにしたアニメや小説は、若い世代にも人気がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: Buddhism, religion, philosophy, popular culture

トーン: reflective

起源と歴史

From Sanskrit samsara (continuous flowing), translated into Chinese as 輪廻 — 輪 meaning 'wheel, cycle' and 廻 meaning 'to go around, to revolve'. The wheel metaphor captures the unending rotation of existence through multiple lifetimes.

文化的背景

時代: Nara–Present

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal