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The short version of 諸行無常. Same idea, two characters, less funereal.

What a Japanese person actually thinks

Contemplative rather than mournful. Lighter on its feet than the four-character version, which reads specifically like a memorial.

Meaning

Literally
no + constancy
Actually
Impermanence — nothing holds its form. The Buddhist concept, without the full doctrinal phrase.

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Clean two-character balance, real philosophical content, no ambiguity.

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