現国うつしくに

noun

this world; the world of mankind

Archaic term for the mortal world, as opposed to the realm of the gods or the afterlife. Found in classical Japanese texts.

• 古こ事じ記きには「現国うつしくに」を「うつしくに」と読よませ、神かみの国くにに対たいする人ひとの世よを指さす例れいがある。

  In the Kojiki, 現国 is read as うつしくに and refers to the human world as opposed to the land of the gods.