Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ばん
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 3

Grade: 4
えき
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
萬世不易 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 万世 (eternity) +‎ 不易 (unchanging)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) んせーふえき [báꜜǹsèèfùèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bã̠ɰ̃se̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝe̞kʲi]

Noun edit

(ばん)(せい)()(えき) (bansei fueki

  1. eternally unchanging
    Synonyms: 千古不易, 万古不易, 万代不易
    万世不易(ばんせいふえき)真理(しんり)
    bansei fueki no shinri
    the unchanging truth

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN