Word Meaning 塵の世

ちりのよ chiri no yo

塵の世 is read as ちりのよ (chiri no yo) and means (this) corrupt world.

Meaning

English

(this) corrupt world
world of the living
fleeting life

Reading

Kana

ちりのよ

Romaji

chiri no yo

Writing Variants

ちりの世 ちりのよ chirinoyo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Rank 145639 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

塵

ちり

dust

現世

げんぜ

current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

救世

くせ

salvation

世

よ

the times

中世

ちゅうせい

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

出世

しゅっせ

success in life

近世

きんせい

early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

来世

らいせ

afterlife

時世

じせい

the times

浮世

うきよ

(the world of the) red light districts

二世

にせい

son

後世

こうせい

posterity