娑婆

しゃば· also シャバ

this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world

Meanings

Noun
this world; this life
the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.)Colloquial
this corrupt world; present world

Example sentences

我われこそは汝うぬが父ちちの亡ぼう靈なれ。只ただ眞夜中よなかの若わか千せん時ときのみ、閻浮にさまよふ許したあれども、娑婆しゃばにて犯おかしゝ罪業ざいごうの燒き淨めらるゝそれまでは、焦熱地獄しょうねつじごくの餓鬼がきの苦くるしみ。

I am your father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and during the day I am confined to burn in fires, until the evil crimes I had done in my life are burnt and purged away.