noun
ominous, mysterious place beyond human habitation
A literary or dramatic term for a remote, eerie region untouched by people, often with supernatural or dangerous overtones. Not an everyday word; found in fiction, folklore, or poetic descriptions.
その伝説では、山奥に人外魔境が広がっているという。
According to the legend, a mysterious, uninhabited realm stretches deep in the mountains.
探検隊は人外魔境のようなジャングルを進んだ。
The expedition advanced through a jungle that felt like an ominous, otherworldly place.
Compound of 人外 (じんがい, 'outside the human world') and 魔境 (まきょう, 'haunted/dangerous place'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in modern literary and fantasy contexts.