浮世

うきよ· also ふせい

fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; sad world

Also written 浮き世、憂き世、うき世、憂世

Meanings

Noun
fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
sad world; world of grief and worry
the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
(the world of the) red light districts

Example sentences

浮世うきよの心配事しんぱいごとのない人ひとはない。

No one is free from worldly cares.
あなたは浮うき世よの悩なやみがないような顔かおをしている。

You look as if you don't have a care in the world.