世せい路ろ

noun

path of life; the world

A literary, somewhat archaic term for the course of one's life or the ways of the world. Rare in modern conversation; found in classical or poetic writing.

• 世せい路ろの艱かん難なんを経へて、彼かれは悟さとりを開ひらいた。

  Having passed through the hardships of life's path, he attained enlightenment.

• 古こ典てんでは「世せい路ろ」が人じん生せいの道みちのりを指さすことがある。

  In classical texts, 世路 can refer to the journey of life.