桑田変じて滄海となる
そうでんへんじてそうかいとなる
Also written 桑田変じて滄海と成る
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb the world is a scene of constant changes (literally: a mulberry field changes into a blue sea)
Kanji
- 桑 mulberry. Read as ソウ.
- 田 rice field. Read as デン.
- 変 change. Read as ヘン.
- 滄 ocean. Read as ソウ.
- 海 sea. Read as カイ.