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往生

Reading

Kana: おうじょう
Romaji: oujō
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Definitions

vs
1

death; passing to the next life; dying a happy death

2

giving up a struggle; submission

3

at wit's end; flummoxed

Kanji

Readings: オウ、 い.く、 いにしえ、 さき.に、 ゆ.く
Meanings: journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth

Example Sentences

(きみ)にはまったく往生(おうじょう)する。
➥You are hopeless.
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こういう実行(じっこう)不可能(ふかのう)提案(ていあん)には往生(おうじょう)する。
➥Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.
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少年(しょうねん)少女(しょうじょ)()ぶべき年齢(ねんれい)(もの)から、(ちか)(だい)往生(おうじょう)()げるのではないかという老齢(ろうれい)(もの)姿(すがた)まである。
➥There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span.
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(かれ)らは交通(こうつう)渋滞(じゅうたい)(なん)時間(じかん)(たおうじょう)往生()した。
➥They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.
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(わたし)病院(びょういん)()途中(とちゅう)交通(こうつう)渋滞(じゅうたい)にあって(たおうじょう)往生()してしまった。
➥I was held up on my way to the hospital in a traffic jam.
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