人の世

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 世
ひと
Grade: 1		 よ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 人 (hito, “person”) and 世 (yo, “world”) linked by the genitive の (no).

Phrase

人(ひと)の世(よ) • (hito no yo) 

  1. the human world
    • 松下幸之助 (Kōnosuke Matsushita)
      喜(よろこ)びもよし、悲(かな)しみもまたよし、人(ひと)の世(よ)は雲(くも)の流(なが)れの如(ごと)し。
      Yorokobi mo yoshi, kanashimi mo mata yoshi, hito no yo wa kumo no nagare no gotoshi.
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. relationships between men and women
    • c. 1045-1068: Yoru no Nezame (volume 1)[1]
      人(ひと)の世(よ)のさまざまなるを見聞(みき)きつもるに、なほ寝(ね)覚(ざめ)の御(ご)仲(なか)らひばかり、浅(あさ)からぬ契(ちぎ)りながら、よに心(こころ)づくしなる例(れい)は、ありがたくもありけるかな。
      Fito no yo no samazamanaru wo mikiki-tsumoru ni, nafo Nezame no go-nakarafi bakari asakaranu chigiri nagara, yo ni kokorodzukushi naru rei wa, arigataku mo arikeru kana.
      (please add an English translation of this example)

References
  1. Sakakura, Atsuyoshi (1964) [c. 1045-1068] Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 78: Yoru no Nezame (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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