あの世（あのよ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: the other world/afterlife
Example sentences
- あの世で再会できると信じる。 — She believes they will be reunited in the next world.
- あの世の存在について考える。 — I think about the existence of the afterlife.
Idioms & proverbs containing “あの世”
- あの世千日この世一日 (あのよせんにちこのよいちにち) — a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next
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- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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