Japanese symbol for “transitory”
一時的
いちじてき
Romaji: ichijiteki
temporary; transitory; short-lived
In Japanese, transitory is 一時的, read いちじてき (ichijiteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na temporary; transitory; short-lived
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “transitory”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無常 | むじょう mujou | mutable; uncertain; ever-changing |
| 仮初め | かりそめ karisome | temporary; transient; transitory |
| 刹那的 | せつなてき setsunateki | ephemeral; transitory |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “transitory”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.