Otherworld - Takai

Japanese: 他界 - たかい

〘noun〙① Another world. A world to which one does not belong. ※Sankyo Shiki (around 797), part ₂ : "Turning the wheel of _sound . Chop up _the group of hearts _' tongs. Pull out _a _thousand tombstones. Throw into the _other world _. " ※Taiheiki (late 14th century), chapter 12: "If this dragon king were to move to the other world, the pond would become shallow and the water would become scarce, and the country would become desolate and the world would become impoverished." [Book of Zhou - Biography of Liu Yan] ② (━suru) A Buddhist term. The world of the dead. Also, to go to that world. To die. Passing away. ※Meigetsuki - October 8th, 1180, Jisho 4: "He has been seriously ill for days, and today he passed away." ③ Another region. Another boundary.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 他の世界。自己が属していない、ほかの世界。※三教指帰（797頃）下「転_二一音之鸞輪_一。摧_二群心之蜋械_一。抜_二掎大千_一。投_二擲他界_一」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一二「若此の龍王他界に移らば、池浅く水少なくして国荒れ世乏からん」〔周書‐劉璠伝〕② (━する) 仏語。死者の世界。また、その世界に行くこと。死ぬこと。死去。※明月記‐治承四年（1180）一〇月八日「日来重病、今日他界云々」③ 他の地方。他の境界。

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