Inexhaustible - Mujinzou

Japanese: 無尽蔵 - むじんぞう

Something that is infinite.

[Example] When I pick up a brush and try to write, I feel as if there is an endless supply of things to write about, but I also feel that whatever I write is boring. Drink Non air tree N Consideration Thinking Also occurred [Natsume Soseki *Behind the Glass Door｜1915]

[Origin] From a word used in Buddhism to refer to the never-ending teachings of the Buddha. For example, Avatamsaka Sutra - Bodhi B Satsuma Satsu Ten gun No nothing End kidney Storehouse elephant Product book The book lists ten "inexhaustible things," such as having faith, listening carefully to the teachings, and giving, as ways of supporting one's practice as a Buddhist.

Source : Dictionary of Idioms and Proverbs About Dictionary of Idioms and Proverbs Information

Japanese:

無限にあること。

[使用例] 筆をとって書こうとすれば、書く種は無尽蔵にあるような心持もするし、〈略〉もう何を書いてもつまらないのだという吞のん気きな考かんがえも起ってきた［夏目漱石＊硝子戸の中｜1915］

[由来] 仏教で、尽きることがない仏の教えを指して使われることばから。たとえば、「華厳経―菩ぼ薩さつ十じゅう無む尽じん蔵ぞう品ほん」では、仏教者としての実践を支えるあり方として、信じること、教えをよく聞くこと、施すことといった一〇の「無尽蔵」が挙げられています。

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