霄しょう壌じょう

noun

heaven and earth; sky and land

A rare, literary word for the vast expanse between heaven and earth, or the two realms as a pair. Found mainly in classical or poetic contexts.

• 「霄しょう壌じょう」は、天てんと地ちの隔へだたりを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  霄壌 is an old word that expresses the gap between heaven and earth.