界 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 界意味

world, boundary

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界 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

KUNYOMI　訓読み

カイ kai

Examples

彼女はきっと東京のファッション界に旋風を巻き起こすことでしょう。

I’m sure she’ll cause a stir in the Tokyo fashion world.

彼はジャーナリズム界の大物です。

He is a big man in journalism.

歌舞伎界では才能だけでなく世襲も重要だ。

In Kabuki not only talent but also heredity counts.

日本シンクロ界の悲願である金には、あと一歩で届かなかった。

The ‘gold’ yearned for by the Japanese synchronized swimming world was not quite reached.

若い棋士が多少、尊大な感じになるのはよくあることで、そういうことは将棋界に限った話ではないでしょう。

It often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don’t think that’s something limited to the shogi world.

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教 teach, faith, doctrine

文 sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

元 beginning, former time, origin

重 heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

近 near, early, akin, tantamount