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Keyword
world
  • generation
  • society
  • public
Frequency
#135
Strokes
5
Grade
3
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
28
Readings
セ63%
セイ25%
よ13%
Mnemonic
In a picture frame on the wall, twenty old black-and-white photos show what the world looked like a century ago.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
世せ界かい
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; world-renowned; world-famous; realm governed by one Buddha; space
Noun
世よ
world; society; public; life; lifetime; age; era; period; epoch; generation; …
Noun
世せ代だい
generation
Noun
世よ論ろん
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
Noun
世せ界かい的てき
worldwide; global; international; universal; world-famous; world-class
Na-adjective
世せい紀き
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
Noun
世よの中なか
society; the world; the times
Expression
世せ界かい中じゅう
around the world; throughout the world
No-adjective
世せ間けん
world; society; people; the public
Noun
二に世せい
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship; the second (e.g. Edward II)
Noun
世せ帯たい
household; family
Noun
世せ話わ
care; looking after; help; assistance; aid; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation; introduction; …
Noun
中ちゅう世せい
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
Noun
全ぜん世せ界かい
the whole world
Noun
第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Noun
二に十じっ世せい紀き
twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
Noun
世せ界かい一いち
best in the world
Noun
世せい紀き末まつ
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
Noun
世せ話わ人にん
sponsor; manager; caretaker; go-between; mediator; agent
Noun
新しん世せ界かい
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
Noun
出しゅっ世せ
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
Noun
千ち世よ
thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity
Noun
君きみが世よ
Imperial reign; Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
Noun