世 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 世意味

generation, world, society, public

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世 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

よ yo

KUNYOMI　訓読み

セイ sei
セ se
ソウ sou

Examples

光が世にやって来た。

Light has come into the world.

新聞は世の動向を左右する。

Newspapers influence the current of time.

ジョージ３世は歴史家によって不当に悪し様に言われてきた。

George III has been unfairly maligned by historians.

それが世の習いです。

That is the way of the world.

旅は道連れ世は情け。

No road is long with good company.

栄枯盛衰は世の習い。

A man’s life has its ups and downs.

不満が世に広まっている。

Discontent abounds in the world.

人の情けは世にあるとき。

Everybody loves a winner.

チャールズ１世は断頭台で処刑された。

Charles I had his head cut off.

世はこの方を知らなかった。

The world did not recognize him.

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