みやこおち

都落ち
leaving (fleeing) the capital

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みやこおち【都落ち】

rustication.

～する rusticate; 〔京都から逃げる〕 fly [flee] from Kyoto; 〔首都を去る〕 leave Tokyo (to live in the country).

●生活難で都落ちをした. The difficulty of living drove him out of Tokyo into the country.