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ukiyo

ukiyo noun: hedonistic urban culture of the Edo period.

Noun

ukiyo (uncountable)

  1. hedonistic urban culture of the Edo period.

Origin of ukiyo

Borrowed from Japanese うきよ.

Questions about ukiyo

What does ukiyo mean?
Ukiyo means hedonistic urban culture of the Edo period.
What part of speech is ukiyo?
Ukiyo is a noun.

Words near ukiyo in the dictionary

  1. UKIFDA
  2. UKIP
  3. UKIPer
  4. UKIPers
  5. UKIRT
  6. ukiyo
  7. ukiyo-e
  8. ukiyoe
  9. ukiyoye
  10. ukiyoé
  11. Ukkel

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