金輪際

こんりんざい
Frequency:
1

An adverb used with negation to mean 'never again' or 'by no means' (strong negative).

Adverb

Examples

彼の嘘は許せない。金輪際彼とは会わない。

I can't forgive his lies. I'll never see him again.

金輪際遅刻はしないと心に誓った。

I vowed I would never be late again.

あの店からは金輪際買い物をしないつもりだ。

I intend never to shop at that store again.

2

A Buddhist term originally meaning the deepest bottom of the world; now mostly used figuratively or in literary contexts.

NounBuddhism

Examples

古い経典には金輪際という語が深い底を表す言葉として出てくる。

In old sutras the term 'konrinzai' appears as a word denoting the deepest depths.