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煩悩

ぼんのう

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • worldly desires
  • evil passions
  • appetites of the flesh
Buddhist term
  • klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

Related Kanji

煩 anxiety, trouble, worry, pain, ill, annoy, nuisance, irksome
悩 trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness

Example Sentences

「百八といえば煩悩の数だ」「お兄ちゃんはどんな煩悩があるの？」「言ってもいいが、検閲削除になるぞ」
Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions. "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
「百八といえば煩悩の数だ」「お兄ちゃんはどんな煩悩があるの？」「言ってもいいが、検閲削除になるぞ」
Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions. "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
この煩悩のきずなから逃れるには五つの方法がある。
There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of worldly passions.
人には、迷いと苦しみのもとである煩悩がある。
People have worldly passions which lead them into delusions and sufferings.