三途さんずの川かわ

noun

Sanzu River; River of Three Crossings

In Japanese Buddhist tradition, the river that the dead must cross; often compared to the River Styx. The crossing method depends on one's deeds in life.

• 三途さんずの川かわを渡わたる前まえに、もう一いち度ど家か族ぞくに会あいたい。

  I want to see my family one more time before crossing the Sanzu River.

• あの世よとこの世よの境さかいには三途さんずの川かわが流ながれていると信しんじられている。

  It is believed that the Sanzu River flows between this world and the next.