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    3. 浮世

    浮世

    浮うき世よ

    fleeting life

    KMT10News #36+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    浮き世憂き世うき世憂世

    うきよふせい

    Noun

    1.
    fleeting life, this transient world, floating world
    2.
    sad world, world of grief and worry
    3.
    the world of the living, this life, this world, the present world
    4.
    (the world of the) red light districts

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    浮うき世よの儚はかなさを感かんじます。

    I feel the transience of this fleeting world.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは浮うき世よの喧けん騒そうから離はなれて、静しずかに暮くらしたいと願ねがっている。

    He wishes to live quietly, away from the hustle and bustle of this transient world.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    浮うき世よ絵えは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの庶しょ民みんの生せい活かつや文ぶん化かを描えがいた美び術じゅつ様よう式しきです。

    Ukiyo-e is an art style that depicted the lives and culture of common people during the Edo period.

    KMT10Art & DesignHistoryCulture & Traditions
    浮うき世よの無む常じょう観かんは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな美び意い識しきに深ふかく根ねざしている。

    The sense of impermanence in this transient world is deeply rooted in traditional Japanese aesthetics.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophyphilosophy
    歌か舞ぶ伎きや遊ゆう郭かくといった浮うき世よの娯ご楽らくは、当とう時じの人ひと々びとに大おおきな喜よろこびを与あたえた。

    Ukiyo entertainment such as Kabuki and the red-light districts brought great joy to the people of that time.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    浮
    う.く・う.かれる・う.かぶ・う.かべる…(2)
    floating・float・rise to surface
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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