The Tibetan word bardo means "in-between state." The word is commonly used to mean a state between death and rebirth. However, the Bardo Thodol -- "Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State," known in English as "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," describes six kinds of bardo.

a distorted mirror of a favorite classical haiku by Masaoka Shiki (19 c.):

men are disgusting--
they argue over the price
of orchids