Metaplasia - Metamorphosis

Japanese: 化生 - けしょう

〘Noun〙① A Buddhist term. One of the four forms of rebirth. To be born suddenly, without being bound by a mother's womb or an eggshell. Also, the thing itself. A type of living being in heaven or hell. ※Ryōiki (810-824), Vol. 2: "Suddenly, an image of Maitreya Bodhisattva was born on the bark of the brushwood branch." ※Jōruri: Shaka Nyorai Birth Ceremony (1714), Vol. 1: "Those who are born from damp soil (keshau) are unaware of the body, and whether they are human or animal, there is only one way to ascend to the next world." [Kusharon-VIII] ② A Buddhist term. To appear in a different form. An incarnation. ※Konjaku (around 1120) Vol. 11 : "There was a man named Gibuchi Sojo, whose common surname was Atō, and he was a person who was born from the Pure Land ." ③ One of the ways people are born to go to paradise. ※Ojoyoshu (984-985), Daibun 7: "Later on, he passed away. He was reborn in the East. In the land of the Supreme King of Treasure Virtue. In the midst of a great lotus flower. He sat in a cross-legged position. Suddenly he was reborn." [The Sutra of Immeasurable Life, Part 2] 4. To transform. Also, the very thing. That which is transformed. Henge. A monster. ※Kōjaku and Tsuruki Sandan (late Muromachi period - early modern period): "The sword that Mōfusa struck was also of a kesha's sword, and there was a strange smell in the air." ※Jōruri, Osanuba (c. 1712), Part 4: "There is nothing to be worried about. My mother is of course a kesha's body."

Chemical synthesis

〘 noun 〙① (━suru) The giving birth of something new. ※Beijing Kairan Jikki (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉1 "These harmful animals are transformed and live in hiding because of their harmful state"〔I Ching - Kan〕② A wax doll that is floated in water on Tanabata day as a charm to ensure that women will have children. It is said to be a custom that was introduced to China from the Western Regions. ※One Hundred Poems by Master Wan'o (1783) Pangu "The water _{is flat} and the wind and sails are of their own accord, I play around with children in search of a new _birth "〔Xue Neng - Ten Poems by Wu Ji〕③ ⇒kesho (transformation)

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 仏語。四生の一つ。母胎や卵殻によらないで、忽然として生まれること。また、そのもの。天界や地獄などの衆生の類。※霊異記（810‐824）下「其の柴の枝の皮の上に、忽然に彌勒菩薩の像を化生す」※浄瑠璃・釈迦如来誕生会（1714）一「湿生化生(ケシャウ)はいさ知らず体を受けて生るる者、人間も畜生も出世のかどは只一つ」〔倶舎論‐八〕② 仏語。形をかえてあらわれること。化身。※今昔（1120頃か）一一「義渕僧正と云ふ人在(まし)ましけり、俗姓は阿刀の、是、化生(くゑしゃう)の人也」③ 極楽浄土に往生する人の生まれ方の一つ。※往生要集（984‐985）大文七「後時命終。悉生東方。宝威徳上王仏国。大蓮華中。結跏趺坐。忽然化生」〔無量寿経‐下〕④ ばけること。また、そのもの。化生のもの。へんげ。妖怪。※幸若・つるき讚談（室町末‐近世初）「まうふさが打ったる太刀もけしゃうのかねゐにて有間」※浄瑠璃・嫗山姥（1712頃）四「心にかかる事はなし母はもとよりけしゃうの身」

か‐せいクヮ‥【化生】

〘名〙① (━する) 新しいものが生まれ出ること。※米欧回覧実記（1877）〈久米邦武〉一「其有害の動物は、害をなす状(ありさま)と、其因て化生し、潜居する所以より」〔易経‐咸〕② 七夕の日に、女性が子を得るまじないとして水に浮かべる蝋作りの人形。西域から中国に伝わった風俗という。※玩鴎先生詠物百首（1783）泛偶「水面無_レ風帆自前、徒弄化生求_レ子戯」〔薛能‐呉姫十首〕③ ⇒けしょう（化生）

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