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浮うき世よ
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
Kanji used
浮
float
世
world
Pitch accent
う
き
よ
う
きよ
う
きよ
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
ukiyoe artist
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are
life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient
this transient world