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現世 is a very short way to write “live in the moment” or “live in the now” in Japanese.
This short word is open to interpretation. It's used in Japanese Buddhism to mean “the current epoch” or “the current age” (the current age is but a brief moment in the greater scope of existence). In that context, this is pronounced “utsushiyo” or “ustusiyo” in Japanese. Otherwise, it's pronounced “gensei” in Japanese.
Other translation possibilities include:
Note: This is also a word in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. While the meaning is more or less the same, this is not recommended for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese or Korean. This selection is best if your audience is Japanese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 現世 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
現世 现世 see styles |
xiàn shì xian4 shi4 hsien shih gense; gensei; genze / gense; gense; genze げんせ; げんせい; げんぜ |
More info & calligraphy: Live In The Moment / Live In The Now(1) {Buddh} (usu. げんせ) this world; this life; (2) (げんせい only) (See 完新世) current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch); (female given name) Ariyo The present world. |
現世報 现世报 see styles |
xiàn shì bào xian4 shi4 bao4 hsien shih pao |
karmic retribution within one's lifetime |
現世寶 现世宝 see styles |
xiàn shì bǎo xian4 shi4 bao3 hsien shih pao |
good-for-nothing; fool |
現世樂 现世乐 see styles |
xiàn shì lè xian4 shi4 le4 hsien shih le genseraku |
enjoyment in the present life |
現世間 现世间 see styles |
xiàn shì jiān xian4 shi4 jian1 hsien shih chien gen seken |
the present world |
現世利益 see styles |
genseriyaku; genzeriyaku げんせりやく; げんぜりやく |
(yoji) {Buddh} benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings |
Variations: |
utsushiyo うつしよ |
(See 現世・げんせ・1) this world; the present world |
Variations: |
gensei(現世); gense(現世); genze(現世)(ok); utsushiyo(ok) / gense(現世); gense(現世); genze(現世)(ok); utsushiyo(ok) げんせい(現世); げんせ(現世); げんぜ(現世)(ok); うつしよ(ok) |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) {Buddh} (usu. げんせ) present world; present age; transient world; life; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (げんせい only) (See 完新世) recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Live In The Moment Live In The Now | 現世 现世 | gen sei / gensei | xiàn shì / xian4 shi4 / xian shi / xianshi | hsien shih / hsienshih |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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of art alive.
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