浮世草子
Meanings
Noun
1. ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class (Historical)
Other spellings
浮世草紙
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
うきよぞうし
Composed of
浮世
fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world; (the world of the) red light districts
Noun
草子
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
Noun