常とこ世よの国くに

noun

land of the dead; netherworld

In Japanese mythology, a distant land beyond the sea where the dead reside; often equated with 黄泉の国.

See also: 黄泉の国

• 古こ事じ記きでは、イザナミは常とこ世よの国くにへ去さったとされる。

  In the Kojiki, Izanami is said to have departed to the land of the dead.

noun

distant country

Archaic use for a faraway land, often with a mythical or otherworldly connotation.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、常とこ世よの国くには海うみの彼か方なたにあると言いわれた。

  In old tales, the distant country was said to lie beyond the sea.