九きゅう泉せん

noun

Hades; the netherworld; the realm of the dead

A literary and somewhat archaic term for the underworld or land of the dead, often used in classical or poetic contexts. Not a common everyday word.

• 九きゅう泉せんの下もとで彼かれの魂たましいは安やすらかに眠ねむっている。

  His soul rests peacefully in the netherworld below.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、九きゅう泉せんは死し者しゃの国くにとして描えがかれることが多おおい。

  In classical literature, the Nine Springs is often depicted as the land of the dead.