JLPT N1 Advanced
彼岸
Equinoctial week for visiting graves; the other shore of enlightenment.
Readings
Other forms
お彼岸 o-higan, more common and polite
1 Noun
The Higan Holiday
A seven-day Buddhist period surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes dedicated to honoring ancestors.
Example
彼岸 に は 、 家族 で お 墓参り に 行き ます 。
During Higan, we go to visit the family grave as a family.
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2 Noun
The Other Shore (Nirvana)
The spiritual realm of enlightenment or Nirvana, conceptually located across the river from the world of the living.
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