Info on the Kanji 世 | What's a Kanji? |
| generation, world, society, public | |
| onyomi | SEI, SE |
| kunyomi | yo |
| stroke count | 5 |
| grade | 3 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 世 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 世よ yo | counter for generations / epoch |
| 一世いっせい issei | a lifetime / a generation / foreign immigrant / japanese immigrant to usa |
| 近世きんせい kinsei | early modern times / modern times / recent times |
| 見世けんよ ken yo | store / shop / establishment |
| 後世こうせい kousei | posterity / future life / life to come |
| 三世さんせい sansei | three generations / third generation / sansei |
| 時世じせい jisei | the times |
| 出世しゅっせ shusse | success in life / getting ahead / successful career / promotion / climbing the corporate ladder / eminence |
| 上世うえよ ue yo | antiquity / ancient times |
| 人世にんよ nin yo | this world / life |
| 世界せかい sekai | the world / society / the universe / sphere / circle / world / renowned / world-famous / well-known outside of japan / realm governed by one buddha / space |
| 世間せけん seken | world / society |
| 世銀せぎん segin | world bank |
| 世子よこ yo ko | heir / successor |
| 世事せじ seji | worldly affairs |
| 世上ようえ yo ue | the world |
| 世人せじん sejin | the people / the public / the world |
| 世世よよ yo yo | for generations / hereditary / generation after generation |
| 世代せだい sedai | generation / the world / the age |
| 世知せち sechi | worldly wisdom / gumption / stingy person |
| 世話せわ sewa | looking after / help / aid / assistance |
| 千世せんよ sen yo | thousand years / very long period / forever |
| 前世ぜんせ zense | previous existence |
| 早世そうせい sousei | dying young / early death |
| 中世ちゅうせい chuusei | middle ages / medieval times / mediaeval times |
| 二世にせい nisei | second generation / foreigner of japanese parentage / junior / two existences / the present and the future / the second |
| 百世ひゃくよ hyaku yo | long era / ages / eternity |
| 万世ばんせい bansei | all ages / eternity |
| 来世らいせ raise | the next world / the future / posterity |
| あの世あのよ ano yo | the other world / world of the dead / netherworld |
| お世話おせわ o sewa | help / aid / assistance |
| この世このよ kono yo | this world / the present life |
| 下世話げせわ gesewa | common saying / common phrase / juicy |
| 近世語きんせいご kinsei go | japanese as spoken during the edo period |
| 銀世界ぎんせかい ginsekai | snowscape |
| 月世界つきせかい tsukisekai | moon / lunar world |
| 見世物みせもの misemono | show / exhibition / spectacle |
| 後の世のちのよ nochino yo | after ages / posterity / future life / the next world |
| 後世方こうせいほう kousei hou | edo-period school of chinese medicine based on post-jin and yuan teachings |
| 今世界いませかい ima sekai | this world |
| 始新世ししんよ shi shin yo | eocene epoch |
| 出世間しゅっせかん shusse kan | monastic life |
| 出世魚しゅっせうお shusseuo | fish that are called by different names as they grow larger |
| 出世作しゅっせさく shussesaku | work of art or literature that brings fame |
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| Example Sentences with 世 |
| 世界を変えるのは情報ではなくコミュニケーションだ。 この世界の教育にはがっかりしてしまう。 パリは世界で最も美しい街である。 世界は奇人の巣だ。 |
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