other world

06:19 Feb 16, 2012

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English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy

English term or phrase: other world

I need to write an article in Japanese, where I am to mention the concept of "the other world" in European Romanticism (world of angels, fairies, spirits or even God). I am afraid that this concept doesnt 100% overlap with 「異界」, as "the other world" is always higher/better than the human world, whereas 「異界」 can be the world of kappas or oni or whatever other creatures, placed below humans in the Japanese cultural/mental hierarchy. It is also not 「他界」as it is not connected to death conceptually so much. I'd rather use 「異界」, but add an explanation, like "higher/better/lofty". However I dont want to sound childish using 「より良い」or anything of this kind. Can anybody please give me a good intelligent Japanese adjective to transmit any of the above meanings ("higher/better/lofty")? I cannot think of anything, but 理想的な. Will it work? Thank you for your kind attention and help.

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4 +2

あの世

Yuko Fujita

2 +1

上界 or 天上界

Teddy Okuyama (X)

霊界

Akiko Sasanuma Howard (X)

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44 mins confidence:

霊界

Explanation:
Do you mean 霊界(spiritual world) ???

Akiko Sasanuma Howard (X)
New Zealand
Local time: 01:42
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Japanese

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

上界 or 天上界

Explanation:
These are originally Buddhist terms and obviously not equivalent to the thoughts of European Romanticism, but I believe they come close. In Buddhism, it describes a hightened state of conciousness where pleasure is experienced through concentrated self-control.

Teddy Okuyama (X)
Japan
Local time: 22:42
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

あの世

Explanation:
あの世　means the world you enter after we die. It does not
mean a lower world below the current world.

Example sentence(s):

あの世は、花畑だった。
三途の川はこの世とあの世の間にある

Reference: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/%BB%B0%C5%D3%A4%CE%C0%EE
Reference: http://www.kofuku-no-kagaku.or.jp/magazine/episode/IM/0511_I...

Yuko Fujita
United States
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

Japanese

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