現人うつしおみ

noun

this present body; this mortal frame; this present existence

Only with reading うつしおみ

Archaic term for one's current physical existence or living body, often used in religious or poetic contexts.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かでは、「うつしおみ」をこの世よの仮かりの姿すがたとして詠よむことがある。

  In old waka poetry, うつしおみ is sometimes used to refer to one's transient form in this world.

noun

layperson; non-ordained person

Only with reading うつしびと / うつつびと

Archaic term for a person who has not taken religious vows, contrasting with monks or priests. Restricted to readings うつしびと and うつつびと.

• 「うつしびと」は、出しゅっ家けしていない一いっ般ぱんの人ひとを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  うつしびと is an old word for an ordinary person who has not entered the priesthood.