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中今
Hiragana
なかいま
Noun
Japanese Meaning
中今(なかいま)は、神道思想などで用いられる概念で、過去と未来の連続の中に切り取られた「今」ではなく、永遠性を内包した特別な現在のことを指す語。 / 時間の流れを超えて常に新しく立ち現れている、この瞬間この場所としての現在。 / 神と人とがまさに出会い、真実が現れる契機としての「今ここ」。
Easy Japanese Meaning
とくべつで大事な「いま」の時間という意味のことば
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
永恒中的当下 / 被赋予特殊意义的现在时刻 / 贯通过去与未来的中心之今
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
永恆中的當下 / 介於過去與未來、具殊勝意義的現在時刻 / 被視為最重要的此刻
Korean Meaning
영원 속에서 특별한 의미를 지닌 현재 / 시간의 중심에 있는 지금 이 순간 / 과거와 미래를 잇는 중심적 현재
Vietnamese Meaning
hiện tại như khoảnh khắc đặc quyền trong vĩnh hằng / hiện tại tuyệt đối, mang tính vĩnh cửu / khoảnh khắc ở trung tâm của vĩnh hằng
Tagalog Meaning
kasalukuyan bilang natatanging sandali sa kawalang-hanggan / ang ngayon bilang pribilehiyadong sandali sa walang hanggan / ang kasalukuyang sandali na itinuturing na ubod ng kawalang-hanggan
Sense(1)
the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
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中今
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We are living in the present.
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私たちは中今を生きています。
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