a. 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
[いちばくじっかん, ichibakujikkan](exp) (1) bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; (2) strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)[Add to Longdo]
[むげんじごく;むけんじごく, mugenjigoku ; mukenjigoku](n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering[Add to Longdo]