境きょう涯がい

noun

circumstances; one's lot in life

A somewhat literary or reflective term for the overall situation or condition of one's life, often with a nuance of fate or destiny.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの境きょう涯がいを嘆なげいた。

  He lamented his lot in life.

• この小しょう説せつは、作さく者しゃの苦くるしい境きょう涯がいを描えがいている。

  This novel depicts the author's difficult circumstances.