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noun
1.
world, society, public(only relevant for 世)
2.
life, lifetime
3.
age, era, period, epoch, generation
4.
reign, rule
5.
the times(only relevant for 世)
6.
world (of existence)(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 世)
Other readings:
【よ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
success in life, getting ahead, successful career, promotion, climbing the corporate ladder, eminence

noun
flattery, compliment
See also:世辞
Other readings:
お世辞【おせいじ】
御世辞【おせじ】
御世辞【おせいじ】

noun
show, exhibition, spectacle
Other readings:
見せ物【みせもの】

na-adjective
1.
worldwide, global, international, universal
2.
world-famous, world-class

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
best in the world

noun
sponsor, manager, go-between, mediator, agent, caretaker
Other readings:
世話人【せわびと】

noun
1.
nisei, second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.), foreigner of Japanese parentage
noun, noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
2.
the Second (king, etc. of the same name), second generation, junior
noun
3.
son(colloquialism)

だいかいたいせん
dainijisekaitaisen
noun
Second World War, World War II, WWII, WW2
Other readings:
第2次世界大戦【だいにじせかいたいせん】

noun
1.
Imperial reign
2.
Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
Other readings:
君が世【きみがよ】

noun
1.
thousand years
2.
very long period, forever
Other readings:
千世【ちよ】

noun
twentieth century
Other readings:
二十世紀【にじゅっせいき】
20世紀【にじっせいき】
20世紀【にじゅっせいき】

noun
end of a century (esp. 19th), fin-de-siècle

noun
World Bank(abbreviation)

adverbial noun, noun
posterity, future life, life to come

noun
social conditions, phase of life, (sign of) the times, state of society

noun
1.
generation, lifetime
2.
the age, the day
noun, noun (suffix)
3.
the First(after the name of a king, etc.)
noun
4.
issei, first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

noun
ukiyo-e, ukiyoe, Edo-period woodblock print

noun
1.
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
See also:旧世界
2.
new world

noun
1.
recent past, recent times
2.
early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
heredity, heritage

noun
1.
world view, outlook on the world, Weltanschauung (philosophy)
2.
appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
starting a business
2.
opening a store (for the day)
Other readings:
見世開き【みせびらき】

noun
the other world, world of the dead, netherworld
Other readings:
彼の世【あのよ】

noun
World Heritage (cultural, natural, etc.), World Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO)

noun
every part of the world, all over the world, the four corners of the world

noun
countries all over the world, all the countries of the world

noun, no-adjective
around the world, throughout the world
Other readings:
世界じゅう【せかいじゅう】

noun
head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register), head of the household, householder

noun
one's remaining years, the rest of one's life
Other readings:
余世【よせい】

noun, no-adjective
1.
present world, present age, transient world, life(Buddhist term)(usu. げんせ)
2.
recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)(only relevant for げんせい)
See also:完新世
Other readings:
現世【げんせ】
現世【げんぜ】[1]
現世【うつしよ】[1]
現し世【うつしよ】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
sewamono (in kabuki, etc., a domestic drama about ordinary people, esp. of the Edo period)

noun, no-adjective
1.
common customs, worldliness, vulgar, popular, the world, the common people
2.
secularity
Other readings:
世俗【せいぞく】

だいいちかいたいせん
daiichijisekaitaisen
noun
World War I, First World War
Other readings:
第1次世界大戦【だいいちじせかいたいせん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
world reformation

noun
small talk, chat, gossip
Other readings:
世間ばなし【せけんばなし】

noun
eternity, perpetuity, immortality, permanence

noun
appearance (in the eyes of society), decency

noun
troubled times, turbulent times

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
present-day, nowadays

noun
1.
fleeting life, this transient world, floating world
2.
sad world, world of grief and worry(esp. 憂き世)
3.
the world of the living, this life, this world, the present world
4.
(the world of the) red light districts
Other readings:
浮世【ふせい】
浮き世【うきよ】
憂き世【うきよ】
憂世【うきよ】

noun
separation of ages, being of a different age

noun
work of art or literature that brings fame

noun
antiquity, the previous era

noun (temporal)
all ages, eternity

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
tending a store
noun
2.
salesperson, sales clerk, shop assistant
Other readings:
見世番【みせばん】

noun, no-adjective
the next world, the hereafter, life after death(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
来世【らいせい】

noun
reputation, public opinion

noun
making one's way through life, conduct of one's life

adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
all one's life, throughout one's life, as long as one lives
Other readings:
終世【しゅうせい】

noun
1.
passing away, death
2.
dying words, death poem (poem written during one's final moments)

けん
sekenshirazu
no-adjective, na-adjective, noun
ignorant of the ways of the world

noun
the ways of the world, human nature

noun
salvation
Other readings:
救世【ぐぜ】
救世【くせ】

noun
creation of the world

noun
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
Other readings:
見世構え【みせがまえ】

na-adjective, no-adjective
ordinary (esp. life or behavior), typical, conventional, standard, average
Other readings:
世間なみ【せけんなみ】
世間並【せけんなみ】

noun
rare, extraordinary, unparalleled, unparallelled

noun
night stall, night shop, night fair
Other readings:
夜見世【よみせ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
success in life(yojijukugo)

せんにちいちにち
anoyosennichikonoyoichinichi
expression
a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife, better one day in this world than a thousand in the next(proverb)
Other readings:
彼の世千日此の世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにち】

expression, Godan-iku/yuku verb
to die, to go to heaven

noun
adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer
Other readings:
AYA世代【エーワイエーせだい】

noun
new household, new home
Other readings:
新所帯【しんじょたい】
新所帯【しんしょたい】
新世帯【あらじょたい】
新世帯【しんじょたい】
新世帯【あらぜたい】
新世帯【しんしょたい】

noun
generations, ages, years
Other readings:
幾代【いくよ】

noun
parallel universe (e.g. in SF), different-dimension world, alternative world

prenominal
intergenerational, of different generations

noun
newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo(sumo term)

noun
1.
one generation (past, present, or future)(Buddhist term)
2.
a lifetime

noun
the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor(yojijukugo)

noun
century
Other readings:
1世紀【いっせいき】

noun, no-adjective
once in a lifetime, the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
一世一代【いっせいいちだい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
ruling the times, holding sway over the minds of the people(yojijukugo)

いっせいふう
isseiwofuubisuru
expression, suru verb (irregular)
take the world by storm, to hold sway over the minds of the people(idiom )

expression
that's none of your business
Other readings:
要らざるお世話【いらざるおせわ】
要らざる御世話【いらざるおせわ】

noun
(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature, popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period
Other readings:
浮世草紙【うきよぞうし】

うきなら
ukiyononarai
expression, noun
the way of the world, the lay of the land, the inescapable circumstances (of life), (just) the way things are
See also:浮世

noun, auxillary suru verb
otherworldliness, detachment from the real world, lack of worldly sense(usu. used adjectivally as 浮世離れした)
Other readings:
浮き世離れ【うきよばなれ】
浮世ばなれ【うきよばなれ】

expression
life is but a dream, this too shall pass, everything is transient(proverb)
See also:浮世
Other readings:
浮き世は夢【うきよはゆめ】
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