Noun
fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
浮世の心配事のない人はない。No one is free from worldly cares. sad world; world of grief and worry
esp. 憂き世
the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
(the world of the) red light districts
Also written 浮き世【うきよ】、憂き世【うきよ】