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“Floating world” in Japanese

Short answer
浮世 ukiyo うきよ

Floating world in Japanese is “浮世” (ukiyo). Full meaning: 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.

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