"社会" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕa̠ka̠i] Forms: 社会 [canonical] (ruby: (しゃ), (かい)), shakai [romanization], syakwai [romanization], しやくわい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 社會 (MC dzyaeX hwajH, “public gathering for offering to the god of earth”), as a compound composed of 社 (d͡ʑia^X, “god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of earth”) + 會 (“gathering”). The word was repurposed by Fukuchi Gen'ichirō in 1875 to translate the western concept of society. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しゃかい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|社會|public gathering for offering to the god of earth|id=1,1}} 社會 (MC dzyaeX hwajH, “public gathering for offering to the god of earth”), {{m|ltc|社||god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of earth}} 社 (d͡ʑia^X, “god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of earth”), {{m|ja|會||gathering}} 會 (“gathering”), {{m|en|society}} society Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゃかい|hhira=しやくわい}} 社(しゃ)会(かい) • (shakai) ^(←しやくわい (syakwai)?)
  1. society (group of people sharing culture) Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-社会-ja-noun-Kpn2a~qR Disambiguation of Sociology: 80 20 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 52 48
  2. a class, a world of a certain group
    Sense id: en-社会-ja-noun-wkMuoonB Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 社会学 (shakaigaku) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい), (がく)) (english: sociology), 社会的 (shakaiteki) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい), (てき)) (english: social), 社会派 (shakaiha) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい), ()) (english: social activist), 社会人 (shakaijin) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい), (じん)) (english: working adult), 社会秩序 (shakai chitsujo) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい), (ちつ), (じょ)) (english: social order), 社会契約 (shakai keiyaku) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい), (けい), (やく)) (english: social contract)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "These are very common among people from the middle and lower classes.",
          "ref": "1904, 河口慧海, チベット旅行記",
          "roman": "Kore-ra wa chūtō ika no shakai no hito ni ōi.",
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      "ipa": "[ɕa̠ka̠i]"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
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          "english": "It looks exactly like a world of financial oligarchs.",
          "ref": "1929, 平林初之輔, 昭和四年の文壇の概観",
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            [
              "金融寡頭政治",
              "きんゆうかとうせいじ"
            ],
            [
              "社会",
              "しゃかい"
            ],
            [
              "似",
              "に"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ちょうどそれは金融寡頭政治の社会とよく似ている。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a class, a world of a certain group"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しゃかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕa̠ka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Fukuchi Gen'ichirō",
    "ja:社会"
  ],
  "word": "社会"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "社会"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "社会",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "社会"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "社会",
  "trace": ""
}

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