この世よ

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

this world; this life; the land of the living

Often contrasted with あの世 (the afterlife). Used in both everyday and literary contexts.

See also: あの世

この世よに生うまれてきたことに感かん謝しゃしている。
I'm grateful to have been born into this world.
彼かれはこの世よを去さった。
He passed away (left this world).

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Usage patterns

この世よに生うまれるto be born into this world
彼かれはこの世よに生うまれてから一いち度ども病びょう気きをしたことがない。
He has never been sick since he was born into this world.
この世よで一いち番ばん〈形けい容よう詞し〉the most ~ in this world
彼かの女じょはこの世よで一いち番ばん大たい切せつな人ひとだ。
She is the most important person in this world to me.
この世よの終おわりthe end of the world (used hyperbolically for despair)
試し験けんに落おちたくらいでこの世よの終おわりみたいな顔かおをしないで。
Don't look like it's the end of the world just because you failed one exam.

Expressions

この世よを去さるpass away; leave this world; die
あの世よ千せん日にちこの世よ一いち日にちa day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife
この世よのものとも思おもえぬunearthly; otherworldly; out of this world
この世よのものとも思おもえないunearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal