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遁世生活 (とんせいせいかつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
living in seclusion ; retired from the world
Describes a lifestyle of withdrawing from society, often with a nuance of escaping worldly affairs. The term is somewhat literary and not an everyday word.
遁とん 世せい 生せい 活かつ に 憧あこが れる 人ひと も いる が 、 実じっ 際さい は 孤こ 独どく と の 戦たたか い だ 。
Some people long for a life of seclusion, but in reality it is a battle with loneliness.
Kanji 世 generation, world, society 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped Similar words 隠いん 遁とん 隠遁 is a more common term for seclusion or retirement from the world, often used as a noun or suru-verb. 遁世生活 is a compound that specifically refers to the lifestyle itself.
世よ 捨す て 人びと 世捨て人 refers to a person who has abandoned the world, a recluse. 遁世生活 focuses on the state or act of living in seclusion.
Etymology Compound of 遁世 (とんせい, 'seclusion from the world') and 生活 (せいかつ, 'life, living'). 遁世 itself derives from classical Chinese, where 遁 means 'to flee' or 'escape' and 世 means 'world' or 'society'.
