浮き世離れ

うきよばなれ

unworldly, other-worldly, free from worldliness

浮世

うきよ

fleeting life; this transient world; floating world

浮世絵

うきよえ

ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period) (colour)

浮き浮き

うきうき ウキウキ

cheerful, buoyant, cheery, lighthearted

浮世草子

うきよぞうし

(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature, popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

浮世離れ

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

浮世風呂

The Bathhouse of the Floating World (humorous book by Shikitei Sanba)

浮世絵師

うきよえし

ukiyoe artist

浮世絵風

うきよえふう

of the ukiyoe style

浮世は夢

うきよはゆめ

life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient

浮き

うき

float (fishing), buoy

浮世の習い

the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are

浮き足

うきあし

standing on the balls of the feet, unsteady step, unstable stance

浮き魚

うきうお うきぎょ

fish which lives close to the surface

浮き実

うきみ

soup garnish

浮き身

うきみ

floating on one's back

浮き島

うきしま うきじま

floating mass (of waterweeds, ice, etc.)

浮き寝

うきね

sleeping in a ship

浮き名

うきな

rumour (of two people having a love affair), rumor, gossip (about two people being involved), scandal