無常
Meanings
Noun
1. impermanence
No-adjective
Na-adjective
Noun
2. mutable; uncertain; ever-changing; transitory; transient; evanescent
Kanji used
Pitch accent
むじょう
Used in vocabulary
無常迅速
the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times
Noun
Examples1
人生 の 無常 を しみじみ と 感じる。
I feel the uncertainty of life.