彼岸|ひがんhigan[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounequinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held)
   暑あつさ寒さむさも彼岸ひがんまで。↗

   No heat or cold lasts beyond the equinox.
2. nounBuddhist services during the equinoctial week
3. noun, Buddhismnirvana
4. nounopposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side

• Antonym此岸しがんWrittenLiterary antonym of 彼岸. It denotes this present world of delusion and suffering, as opposed to the other shore of enlightenment, and appears in Buddhist texts and literary prose rather than everyday speech.

Use 彼岸 for the equinoctial week and the Buddhist services held during it; choose 此岸 only in literary or Buddhist contexts, where it names this world of suffering in contrast with the enlightened other shore.

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1. 向こう岸むこうぎし、対岸たいがん。
2. （仏教ぶっきょう用語ようご、煩悩ぼんのうの河かわを越こえて悟さとりに至いたることから）悟さとりの境地きょうち。
3. （語義ごぎ2の俗解ぞっかい、この時とき、現世げんせと隔へだてる河かわは三途さんずの川かわとされる）死後しごの世界せかい。
4. 彼岸会ひがんえの略りゃく。春分しゅんぶんと秋分の日しゅうぶんのひを中日ちゅうにちとした、前後ぜんご7日間かかんのこと。またその間あいだに行おこなう仏事ぶつじのこと。お彼岸ひがんとも。