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Words — 10 found

Noun
1. fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
Noun
2. sad world; world of grief and worryesp. 憂き世
Noun
3. the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
Noun
4. (the world of the) red light districts
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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】
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Noun
1. ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock printArt, aesthetics, Historical term
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2. Ukiyo-eUkiyo-e (浮世絵, literally "pictures of the floating world")... Read more
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Noun
1. ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant classHistorical term
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2. Ukiyozōshiis the first major genre of popular Japanese fiction, wri... Read more
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浮世草紙 【うきよぞうし】
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly senseusu. used adjectivally as 浮世離れした
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浮き世離れ 【うきよばなれ】浮世ばなれ 【うきよばなれ】
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うきなら 浮世
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
1. the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things areSee also 浮世
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Noun
1. The Bathhouse of the Floating World (humorous book by Shikitei Sanba)Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
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2. UkiyoburoUkiyoburo is a Japanese novel written by Shikitei Sanba b... Read more
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Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
1. life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transientProverb, See also 浮世
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浮き世は夢 【うきよはゆめ】
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浮世CROSSING
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1. Ukiyo Crossing"Ukiyo Crossing" (浮世Crossing) is the ninth single by the ... Read more
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浮世絵 太田記念美術館
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1. Ōta Memorial Museum of Art (Ukiyo-e)The Ōta Memorial Museum of Art (Ukiyo-e) (浮世絵 太田記念美術館, Uk... Read more
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Kanji — 2 found

9.026207698738686
10 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
floating, float, rise to surface
On:
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0.8832830504161974
5 strokes. JLPT N4. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3.
generation, world, society, public
Kun:
On: セイ ソウ
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Sentences — 3 found

  • jreibun/8038/2
    • うきよえ浮世絵
    • もくはんが木版画
    • によって
    • りょうさん量産された
    • ことで、
    • しょみん庶民
    • あんか安価
    • たの楽しめる
    • ごらく娯楽
    • となった。
    Ukiyo-e was mass-produced using woodblock printing, which made it an inexpensive form of entertainment for the general public. Jreibun
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Names — 3 found

うきよ 【浮世】
Female given name, Family or surname
1. Ukiyo
うきよてい 【浮世亭】
Family or surname
1. Ukiyotei
うきよぶろ 【浮世風呂】
Unclassified name
1. The Bathhouse of the Floating World (humorous book by Shikitei Sanba)