A once in a lifetime encounter. A once in a lifetime thing. [Example] Setsuko thought she would never meet this elderly woman again. <Omitted> Every day was literally a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. [Go Shizuko * Rekuiemu | 1973] [Example] "What is the name of this Buddha?" "That's fine. It's a once in a lifetime encounter, but we still have some things to take care of, so please go ahead." [Nosaka Akiyuki * Sand Art Spells: Ghost Stories After the Curse | 1972] [Explanation] This phrase comes from the philosophy of the tea ceremony. It is based on the phrase "A once-in-a-lifetime meeting" in "Yamagami Soujiki - The Ten Forms of a Tea Ceremony Master" written by Souji, a tea master from the Azuchi-Momoyama period and a disciple of Sen no Rikyu. In the tea ceremony, it means that since it is a once-in-a-lifetime meeting, you should treat it with all your heart. Later, it came to be used as a general phrase to mean cherishing encounters with people. Source: Dictionary of Four-character Idioms About Dictionary of Four-character Idioms Information |
一生に一度会うこと。また、一生に一度限りであること。 [使用例] 再びこの初老の婦人と逢うことはないであろうと節子は思った。〈略〉毎日が文字通り一期一会なのであった[郷静子*れくいえむ|1973] [使用例] 「この仏さん、名前何ちゅうねん」「よろしがなそんなこと。一期一会の縁ですがな、うちはまだ後始末ありますよってな、お先へどうぞ」[野坂昭如*砂絵呪縛後日怪談|1972] [解説] 茶道の心得から来たことば。安土桃山時代の茶人で、千利休の弟子であった宗二の著「山上宗二記―茶湯者覚悟十体」にある「一期に一度の会」によっています。茶道では、一生に一度の会であるから心をこめてもてなせ、ということ。のち、人との出会いを大切にするという意の一般語として用いるようになりました。 出典 四字熟語を知る辞典四字熟語を知る辞典について 情報 |
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