弁慶の立ち往生

べんけいのたちおうじょう

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward

往生

おうじょう

death, passing to the next life, dying a happy death

往生際

おうじょうぎわ

at the point of death, the time to give up

大往生

だいおうじょう

peaceful death

生い立ち

おいたち

growth, development

極楽往生

ごくらくおうじょう

rebirth in paradise, peaceful death

無理往生

むりおうじょう

forcing compliance

念仏往生

ねんぶつおうじょう

passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha

立ち

たち

being used up, being consumed, being burnt out

右往左往

うおうさおう

move about in confusion, go every which way, going right and left, this way and that

往生際が悪い

おうじょうぎわがわるい

not knowing when to give up

往生際の悪い

おうじょうぎわのわるい

unreasonably stubborn, not knowing when to give up

立ち撃ち

たちうち

shooting from a standing position

往日

おうじつ

ancient times

往代

おうだい

ancient times, times of old, time long since passed

往路

おうろ

outward journey

既往

きおう

the past

直往

ちょくおう

going unhesitatingly forward

往昔

おうせき

ancient times