坤こん輿よ

noun

Earth; the world

Archaic literary term for the Earth or the world, found in classical Chinese-influenced texts. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 坤こん輿よという語ごは、古ふるい漢かん文ぶんで地ち球きゅうを指さすのに使つかわれた。

  The word 坤輿 was used in old Chinese-style texts to refer to the Earth.