Words — 10 found
うきよ
浮世
1. fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
2. sad world; world of grief and worryesp. 憂き世
3. the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
4. (the world of the) red light districts
浮き世 【うきよ】、憂き世 【うきよ】、うき世 【うきよ】、憂世 【うきよ】、浮世 【ふせい】
うきよぞうし
浮世草子
1. ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant classHistorical term
浮世草紙 【うきよぞうし】
うきよばな
浮世離れ
1. otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly senseusu. used adjectivally as 浮世離れした
浮き世離れ 【うきよばなれ】、浮世ばなれ 【うきよばなれ】
うきよなら
浮世の習い
1. the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things areSee also 浮世
うきよぶろ
浮世風呂
1. The Bathhouse of the Floating World (humorous book by Shikitei Sanba)Work of art, literature, music, etc. name