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ウキヨ
Meanings
Noun
1. fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
2. sad world; world of grief and worry
esp. 憂き世
3. the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
4. (the world of the) red light districts
Alt. forms
浮
うき
世
よ
77%
浮
う
き
世
よ
13%
うきよ
7%
憂
う
き
世
よ
1%
憂
うき
世
よ
ウキヨ
Pitch accent
ウ
キ
ヨ
ウ
キヨ
ウ
キヨ
Composed of
ウキ
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
ヨ
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
ウキヨ
エ
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
ウキヨ
バナレ
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
ウキヨ
エシ
ukiyoe artist
ウキヨ
ノナライ
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are
ウキヨ
ハユメ
life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient
カリノ
ウキヨ
this transient world