うきよ

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    fleeting life, this transient world, floating world

    • 浮世の心配事のない人はない。
      No one is free from worldly cares.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    sad world, world of grief and worry
    esp. 憂き世

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    the world of the living, this life, this world, the present world

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    (the world of the) red light districts