Kar-maとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nom.sg. of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”); first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.

発音

• ハイフネーション: kar‧ma

• (North India) IPA: /kərm(ə)/, [kɐɾm(ɐ)]
  • (rhotic) 韻: -ɜː(r)m

• (South India) IPA: /kərma/, [kɐɾmä(ː)]
  • (rhotic) 韻: -ɜː(r)mə

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).mə/
  • 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
  • 異形同音異義語: cama, calmer (non-rhotic)

名詞

karma (countable and uncountable, plural karmas)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, pages 59-60:

     ‘We are all part of a circle of karma. We will be rewarded for the good deeds of our forefathers, and pay the price for their sins.’

2. A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
3. (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
   • 2001, Inside the Hits, page 307:

     That means everything from lighting to the vibes, the karma of the room.

   • 2006, Chase Sargent, From Buddy to Boss, page 219:

     How many times when you have been in a bar have you felt that a confrontation was building up, even without extensive verbal exchanges? Sometimes you can feel the karma or energy of a place change, and you should not ignore that

   • 2010, R.L. Roach, Irish Lie, page 135:

     On the way to Lancaster, which was about an hour and a half from Philly, John felt the karma.

4. (Internet) A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.

派生語

参照

• “karma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• karma in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “karma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Makar, Marak, makar, krama, Karam, Marka