黄泉路よみじ

noun

path to the underworld; road to Hades

Poetic term for the road leading to the land of the dead (黄泉). Used in classical literature and poetry.

• 黄泉路よみじをたどる旅たび人びとを詠よんだ歌うたがある。

  There is a poem that sings of a traveler following the road to the underworld.

noun

underworld; Hades; hell

Poetic term for the underworld itself, often used as a synonym for 黄泉 (よみ).

See also: 黄泉 (よみ)

• 彼かれは黄泉路よみじから戻もどれぬ旅たびに出でた。

  He set out on a journey from which he could not return from the underworld.