桑そう海かい

noun

vicissitudes of the world; world's sudden changes

A rare, literary term for the unpredictable and drastic changes that occur in the world, often with a sense of impermanence. Not used in everyday conversation.

• 「桑そう海かいの変へん」という言こと葉ばは、世よの中なかの激はげしい変へん化かを表あらわす。

  The phrase '桑海の変' expresses the drastic changes of the world.