輪廻

See also: 輪迴, 輪回, and 轮回

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

Etymology

/rinwe/ → /rinɰe/ → /rinːe/

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

The e reading for 廻 changes to ne as an instance of renjō (連声). [2][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

輪(りん)廻(ね) • (rinne) ←りんゑ (rinwe)?

  1. (philosophy, religion, espeically 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
Derived terms
  • 三(さん)界(かい)輪(りん)廻(ね) (sankai rinne)
  • 生(しょう)死(じ)輪(りん)廻(ね) (shōji rinne)
  • 浸(しん)食(しょく)輪(りん)廻(ね) (shinshoku rinne)
  • 地(ち)形(けい)輪(りん)廻(ね) (chikei rinne)
  • 遠(とお)輪(りん)廻(ね) (tō-rinne)
  • 分(ぶん)段(だん)輪(りん)廻(ね) (bundan rinne)
  • 流(る)転(てん)輪(りん)廻(ね) (ruten rinne)
  • 六(ろく)道(どう)輪(りん)廻(ね) (rokudō rinne)

Proverbs
  • 貧(ひん)は菩(ぼ)提(だい)の種(たね)富(とみ)は輪(りん)廻(ね)の絆(きずな) (hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna)

See also

Verb

輪(りん)廻(ね)する • (rinne suru) ←りんゑ (rinwe)?suru (stem 輪(りん)廻(ね)し (rinne shi), past 輪(りん)廻(ね)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”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. “輪廻”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 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”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

Korean
Hanja in this term
輪廻

Noun

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

  1. Hanja form? of 윤회 (“samsara”).
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