往生|おうじょうoujou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, Buddhismpassing on to the next life
2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeath
3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgiving up a struggle; submission
4. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbeing at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
   こういう実行じっこう不可能ふかのうな提案ていあんには往生おうじょうする。↗

   Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.
5. nouncoercion

• Synonym逝去せいきょWrittenA respectful written term for someone's death, common in obituaries and news reports. 「往生」 carries a Buddhist sense of rebirth in the Pure Land.
• Synonym物故ぶっこWrittenWritten word for passing away, seen in lists like 「物故者」. Unlike 「往生」, it has no Buddhist overtones.
• Synonym辞世じせいWrittenMeans a death poem or dying words as well as death itself; it usually points to the final poem, while 「往生」 refers to the act of dying.
• Synonym他界たかいWrittenA written euphemism for dying, as in 「父が他界した」. It carries none of 「往生」's Buddhist coloring.
• Synonym成仏じょうぶつNeutralMeans becoming a Buddha, and by extension resting in peace after death, as in 「成仏してください」.
• Synonym亡くなるなくなるNeutralThe everyday polite euphemism for dying. 「往生」 carries Buddhist overtones of rebirth in the Pure Land.
• Synonym寂滅じゃくめつWrittenWritten Buddhist term for entering nirvana, hence death. 「往生」 stresses rebirth in the Pure Land and, colloquially, can also mean being at one's wits' end.
• Synonym入滅にゅうめつWrittenBuddhist term for the death of the Buddha or a high priest, i.e. entering nirvana. 「往生」 is not limited to high priests.
• Synonym薨去こうきょFormalFormal term for the death of imperial family members and nobles of the third court rank or higher. It has no Buddhist rebirth sense.
• Synonym卒去しゅっきょWrittenWritten historical term for the death of fourth- and fifth-rank nobles; today it is not used for ordinary people.
• Synonym長逝ちょうせいWrittenWritten word meaning a long sleep, i.e. passing away, often in eulogies. It lacks the Pure Land religious sense of 「往生」.
• Synonym登仙とうせんWrittenWritten word for becoming an immortal and ascending to heaven, also for a noble's death. It has Taoist, not Buddhist, overtones.
• Synonym遷化せんげWrittenBuddhist term used only for the death of a high priest. 「往生」 applies to anyone and means rebirth in the Pure Land.
• Synonym易簀えきさくWrittenWritten term for the death of a scholar, from the anecdote of Zengzi changing his mat; very rarely used.
• Synonym永眠えいみんWrittenWritten word for eternal sleep, typical of obituaries such as 「永眠いたしました」.
• Synonym円寂えんじゃくWrittenBuddhist term for nirvana or the death of a monk. 「往生」 puts the emphasis on rebirth in the Pure Land.
• Synonym昇天しょうてんNeutralAscending to heaven, also said of a Christian's death; a religious word in ordinary use, without 「往生」's Buddhist Pure Land sense.
• Synonym入寂にゅうじゃくWrittenBuddhist term for a monk entering nirvana, i.e. dying. 「往生」 is not restricted to monks.
• Synonym閉眼へいがんWrittenWritten word that literally means closing the eyes and can euphemistically mean dying; it is little used.
• Synonym永逝えいせいWrittenWritten word for departing forever, i.e. dying; rarely used and free of Buddhist coloring.
• Synonym示寂じじゃくWrittenBuddhist term for the death of a high priest or bodhisattva. 「往生」 originally means rebirth in the Pure Land and fits monks and laypeople alike.
• Synonym遠逝えんせいWrittenWritten word for going far away, used euphemistically for death; very rare.
• Synonym蓋棺がいかんWrittenWritten word for closing the coffin, by extension death; best known from 「棺を蓋いて事定まる」.

For death, everyday polite Japanese says 「亡くなる」. 「往生」 is Buddhist: rebirth in the Pure Land or a peaceful death, as in 「大往生」; colloquially 「往生した」 can mean being at a loss, and a high priest's death is 「遷化」. 「逝去」「永眠」 suit obituaries; 「他界」「物故」 are written euphemisms; 「寂滅」「入滅」「円寂」「入寂」「示寂」 are Buddhist words for monks or nirvana; 「昇天」 has a religious, often Christian, ring; 「薨去」「卒去」「登仙」 concern nobles; 「辞世」「易簀」「長逝」「閉眼」「永逝」「遠逝」「蓋棺」 are rare literary terms.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 輪廻りんね転生てんしょうの一環いっかんとして、前世ぜんせいの因縁いんねんを受うけて、他たの世界せかい、特とくに浄土じょうど、さらに狭義きょうぎには極楽浄土ごくらくじょうどに生うまれること。
2. 死しぬこと。
3. 災難さいなんや困難こんなんにあって身動みうごきが取とれなくなること。
4. 聞き分ききわけのない相手あいてに当あたり、閉口へいこうすること。
5. 抵抗ていこうをやめること。観念かんねんすること。覚悟かくごすること。