現げん世せ

also: げんせい · げんぜ

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Meanings

noun

Buddhism

Buddhist term contrasting the present world with the afterlife or past/future existences. Usually read げんせ.

noun

Holocene epoch; current geological epoch

Only with reading げんせい

Geological term; reading is げんせい. Also referred to as 完新世.

来らい世せ
来世 means 'the next world' or 'afterlife', contrasting with 現世 (this world).
完かん新しん世せい
完新世 is a synonym for the Holocene epoch, more commonly used in geology than 現世 (げんせい).

From 現 (present, current) + 世 (world, generation). The Buddhist sense is older; the geological sense is a modern calque.

also: げんせい · げんぜ

げ

ん

せ

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

noun

Buddhism

Buddhist term contrasting the present world with the afterlife or past/future existences. Usually read げんせ.

noun

Holocene epoch; current geological epoch

Only with reading げんせい

Geological term; reading is げんせい. Also referred to as 完新世.

来らい世せ
来世 means 'the next world' or 'afterlife', contrasting with 現世 (this world).
完かん新しん世せい
完新世 is a synonym for the Holocene epoch, more commonly used in geology than 現世 (げんせい).

From 現 (present, current) + 世 (world, generation). The Buddhist sense is older; the geological sense is a modern calque.