八苦

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はち > はっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on'yomi

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Noun

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八苦(はっく) (hakku

  1. (Buddhism) the eight kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha

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References

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