幽世かくりよ

noun

afterlife; realm of the dead; hidden world

A traditional Japanese term for the world of the dead, spirits, or the afterlife, often contrasted with the visible world (現世). It carries a sense of being hidden or secluded. Rare in everyday speech; mainly encountered in mythology, folklore, and literary works.

See also: あの世

• 古こ事じ記きには、幽かくり世よと現世うつしよの境さかいについての記き述じゅつがある。

  In the Kojiki, there are descriptions of the boundary between the hidden world and the visible world.

• 彼かの女じょはまるで幽かくり世よから戻もどってきたかのような顔かおをしていた。

  She looked as if she had returned from the realm of the dead.