万物

See also: 萬物

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 万物 – see 萬物 (“everything; all things; all the universe; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 萬物).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
万	物
ばん Grade: 2	ぶつ Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
萬物 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばんぶつ [báꜜǹbùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bã̠mbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

万(ばん)物(ぶつ) • (banbutsu) 

1. All things which exist.
   • 2014 August 23, “ラーの翼(よく)神(しん)竜(りゅう)”, in 決闘王の記憶 －闘いの儀編－, Konami:

     精(せい)霊(れい)は歌(うた)う。大(おお)いなる力(ちから)、すべての万(ばん)物(ぶつ)を司(つかさど)らん。その命(いのち)、その魂(たましい)、そしてその骸(なきがら)でさえも。

     Seirei wa utau. Ōinaru chikara, subete no banbutsu o tsukasadoran. Sono inochi, sono tamashī, soshite sono nakigara de sae mo.

     Spirits sing. Of the great power, ruling all. Those lives, those souls, and even those corpses.

2. All the universe.
3. Every manifestation of nature.

Synonyms

• 天(てん)地(ち) (tenchi): heaven and earth
• 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū): the universe
• 自(し)然(ぜん) (shizen): nature
• 世(せ)界(かい) (sekai): the world
• 万(ばん)象(しょう) (banshō): all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature