万物|ばんぶつbanbutsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounall things; all creation
   神かみは万物ばんぶつの根源こんげんである。↗

   God is the cause of all things.

• Synonym森羅万象しんらばんしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: all things and phenomena in the universe, stressing all-inclusiveness; 「万物」 centers on things that exist.
• Synonym万有ばんゆうWrittenWritten/formal prose: all things in the universe; today mostly encountered in 「万有引力」.
• Related天地てんちNeutralHeaven and earth; figuratively the world or the space between them. 「万物」 means everything within it.
• Related宇宙うちゅうNeutralThe universe or outer space, with the focus on space itself; 「万物」 means everything that exists.
• Antonym無むNeutralNothingness — the state where nothing exists; the direct opposite of 「万物」, which covers all existence.

Use 「万物」 for everything that exists, as in 「万物の霊長」. Include phenomena too with 「森羅万象」. For the universe or space itself, say 「宇宙」; 「無」 is its opposite, nothingness.

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1. 宇宙うちゅう間かんに存在そんざいする全すべてのもの。