"世知辛い" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [se̞t͡ɕiɡa̠ɾa̠i]
Etymology: From 世知 (sechi) + 辛い (karai). The karai changes to garai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|世知|辛い|tr1=sechi|tr2=karai}} 世知 (sechi) + 辛い (karai), {{sortkey|ja|世知辛い}} せちからい', {{ja-rendaku2|karai|garai}} The karai changes to garai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-adj|せちがらい|infl=i}} 世(せ)知(ち)辛(がら)い • (sechigarai) -i (adverbial 世(せ)知(ち)辛(がら)く (sechigaraku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=せちがら|lemma=世知辛|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 世知辛い [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (がら)), sechigarai [romanization], 世知辛く [adverbial] (ruby: (), (), (がら)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 世知辛かろ [imperfective, stem], せちがらかろ [imperfective, stem], sechigarakaro [imperfective], 世知辛く [continuative, stem], せちがらく [continuative, stem], sechigaraku [continuative], 世知辛い [stem, terminative], せちがらい [stem, terminative], sechigarai [terminative], 世知辛い [attributive, stem], せちがらい [attributive, stem], sechigarai [attributive], 世知辛けれ [hypothetical, stem], せちがらけれ [hypothetical, stem], sechigarakere [hypothetical], 世知辛かれ [imperative, stem], せちがらかれ [imperative, stem], sechigarakare [imperative], 世知辛くない [informal, negative], せちがらくない [informal, negative], sechigaraku nai [informal, negative], 世知辛かった [informal, past], せちがらかった [informal, past], sechigarakatta [informal, past], 世知辛くなかった [informal, negative, past], せちがらくなかった [informal, negative, past], sechigaraku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 世知辛いです [formal], せちがらいです [formal], sechigarai desu [formal], 世知辛くないです [formal, negative], せちがらくないです [formal, negative], sechigaraku nai desu [formal, negative], 世知辛かったです [formal, past], せちがらかったです [formal, past], sechigarakatta desu [formal, past], 世知辛くなかったです [formal, negative, past], せちがらくなかったです [formal, negative, past], sechigaraku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 世知辛くて [conjunctive], せちがらくて [conjunctive], sechigarakute [conjunctive], 世知辛ければ [conditional], せちがらければ [conditional], sechigarakereba [conditional], 世知辛かったら [conditional, past], せちがらかったら [conditional, past], sechigarakattara [conditional, past], 世知辛かろう [volitional], せちがらかろう [volitional], sechigarakarō [volitional], 世知辛く [adverbial], せちがらく [adverbial], sechigaraku [adverbial], 世知辛さ [noun-from-adj], せちがらさ [noun-from-adj], sechigarasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (of life or the world) hard to live in; cold; cruel
    Sense id: en-世知辛い-ja-adj-EJUrRsE8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 81 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. calculating
    Sense id: en-世知辛い-ja-adj-Sqcbk~-2
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "世知",
        "3": "辛い",
        "tr1": "sechi",
        "tr2": "karai"
      },
      "expansion": "世知 (sechi) + 辛い (karai)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "世知辛い"
      },
      "expansion": "せちからい'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "karai",
        "2": "garai"
      },
      "expansion": "The karai changes to garai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "ja-rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 世知 (sechi) + 辛い (karai). The karai changes to garai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "世知辛い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "辛",
          "がら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛く",
      "roman": "sechigaraku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "辛",
          "がら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せちがらい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "世(せ)知(ち)辛(がら)い • (sechigarai) -i (adverbial 世(せ)知(ち)辛(がら)く (sechigaraku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "せちがら",
        "lemma": "世知辛",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with rendaku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The world is cruel.",
          "roman": "Yo no naka wa sechigarai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "辛",
              "がら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "世の中は世知辛い。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I’ve tried doing all kinds of jobs since Japan surrendered, but they never last. There’s no way for soldiers to get by in this harsh world.",
          "ref": "1955, 江戸川乱歩, 影男, 青空文庫:",
          "roman": "Orā, Nihon ga kōfuku shite kara, ironna tsutome o yatte mita ga, totemo tsuzukanai. Gunjin nyā, sechigarai ukiyo wa watarenē n da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日本",
              "にほん"
            ],
            [
              "降伏",
              "こうふく"
            ],
            [
              "勤",
              "つと"
            ],
            [
              "続",
              "つづ"
            ],
            [
              "軍人",
              "ぐんじん"
            ],
            [
              "浮",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "渡",
              "わた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おらあ、日本が降伏してから、いろんな勤めをやってみたが、とても続かない。軍人にゃあ、せちがらい浮き世は渡れねえんだ。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard to live in; cold; cruel"
      ],
      "id": "en-世知辛い-ja-adj-EJUrRsE8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "live in",
          "live in"
        ],
        [
          "cold",
          "cold"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of life or the world) hard to live in; cold; cruel"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of life or the world"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“These parts are practically the countryside, and there aren’t any calculating thieves who would break into a storage room.”",
          "ref": "1947, 野村胡堂, 錢形平次捕物控 生き葬ひ, 青空文庫:",
          "roman": "“Kono hen wa inaka mo dōyō de, monooki e hairu yō na sechigarai dorobō mo gozaimasen no de, hē”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "邊",
              "へん"
            ],
            [
              "田舍",
              "ゐなか"
            ],
            [
              "同樣",
              "どうやう"
            ],
            [
              "物置",
              "ものおき"
            ],
            [
              "入",
              "はひ"
            ],
            [
              "世智",
              "せち"
            ],
            [
              "辛",
              "がら"
            ],
            [
              "泥棒",
              "どろばう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「この邊は田舍も同樣で、物置へ入るやうな世智辛い泥棒もございませんので、へエ」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "calculating"
      ],
      "id": "en-世知辛い-ja-adj-Sqcbk~-2",
      "links": [
        [
          "calculating",
          "calculating"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せちがらい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞t͡ɕiɡa̠ɾa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世知辛い"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "世知",
        "3": "辛い",
        "tr1": "sechi",
        "tr2": "karai"
      },
      "expansion": "世知 (sechi) + 辛い (karai)",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "世知辛い"
      },
      "expansion": "せちからい'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "karai",
        "2": "garai"
      },
      "expansion": "The karai changes to garai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "ja-rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 世知 (sechi) + 辛い (karai). The karai changes to garai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "世知辛い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "辛",
          "がら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛く",
      "roman": "sechigaraku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "辛",
          "がら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigaraku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世知辛さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せちがらさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sechigarasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "せちがらい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "世(せ)知(ち)辛(がら)い • (sechigarai) -i (adverbial 世(せ)知(ち)辛(がら)く (sechigaraku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "せちがら",
        "lemma": "世知辛",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The world is cruel.",
          "roman": "Yo no naka wa sechigarai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "辛",
              "がら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "世の中は世知辛い。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I’ve tried doing all kinds of jobs since Japan surrendered, but they never last. There’s no way for soldiers to get by in this harsh world.",
          "ref": "1955, 江戸川乱歩, 影男, 青空文庫:",
          "roman": "Orā, Nihon ga kōfuku shite kara, ironna tsutome o yatte mita ga, totemo tsuzukanai. Gunjin nyā, sechigarai ukiyo wa watarenē n da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "日本",
              "にほん"
            ],
            [
              "降伏",
              "こうふく"
            ],
            [
              "勤",
              "つと"
            ],
            [
              "続",
              "つづ"
            ],
            [
              "軍人",
              "ぐんじん"
            ],
            [
              "浮",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "渡",
              "わた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "おらあ、日本が降伏してから、いろんな勤めをやってみたが、とても続かない。軍人にゃあ、せちがらい浮き世は渡れねえんだ。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard to live in; cold; cruel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "live in",
          "live in"
        ],
        [
          "cold",
          "cold"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of life or the world) hard to live in; cold; cruel"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of life or the world"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“These parts are practically the countryside, and there aren’t any calculating thieves who would break into a storage room.”",
          "ref": "1947, 野村胡堂, 錢形平次捕物控 生き葬ひ, 青空文庫:",
          "roman": "“Kono hen wa inaka mo dōyō de, monooki e hairu yō na sechigarai dorobō mo gozaimasen no de, hē”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "邊",
              "へん"
            ],
            [
              "田舍",
              "ゐなか"
            ],
            [
              "同樣",
              "どうやう"
            ],
            [
              "物置",
              "ものおき"
            ],
            [
              "入",
              "はひ"
            ],
            [
              "世智",
              "せち"
            ],
            [
              "辛",
              "がら"
            ],
            [
              "泥棒",
              "どろばう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「この邊は田舍も同樣で、物置へ入るやうな世智辛い泥棒もございませんので、へエ」",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "calculating"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calculating",
          "calculating"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せちがらい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞t͡ɕiɡa̠ɾa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世知辛い"
}

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