"世界" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [se̞ka̠i] Forms: 世界 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かい)), Sekai [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”). Compare modern Hokkien reading sè-kài. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=せかい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|世界}} 世界 (MC syejH keajH), {{der|ja|sa|लोकधातु||region or part of the world|sort=せかい}} Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”), {{cog|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{m|nan-hbl||sè-kài}} sè-kài Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|せかい}} 世(せ)界(かい) • (Sekai)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, 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: 27 10 7 7 2 6 9 15 11 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 10 10 6 2 6 8 13 11 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 11 10 6 2 6 9 13 12 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 10 10 6 2 6 9 13 11 9
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Noun

IPA: [se̞ka̠i] Forms: 世界 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かい)), sekai [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”). Compare modern Hokkien reading sè-kài. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=せかい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|世界}} 世界 (MC syejH keajH), {{der|ja|sa|लोकधातु||region or part of the world|sort=せかい}} Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”), {{cog|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{m|nan-hbl||sè-kài}} sè-kài Head templates: {{ja-noun|せかい}} 世(せ)界(かい) • (sekai)
  1. world
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-SG6kYiTR Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 8 29 5 2 5 7 10 9 8
  2. a metaphorical world (how one lives one's life)
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-~wSA7cdk
  3. society, the times Synonyms: 世間, 世の中
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-oxqkmKuk
  4. a realm, a circle, a sphere
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-TOlKtSe6
  5. (Buddhism) the four inner realms of 須弥山 (Shumisen) Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-7u6~hSnZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  6. (Buddhism) realm governed by a buddha Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-C5ann-Eq Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  7. (Buddhism) space, universe Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-0MCSn3YT Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
  8. (tarot) the World Categories (topical): Cartomancy
    Sense id: en-世界-ja-noun-~E~jbwVD Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences, tarot
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 世界遺産条約 (Sekai Isan Jōyaku) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (さん), (じょう), (やく)) (english: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage), 世界遺産登録地 (sekai isan tōroku chi) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (さん), (とう), (ろく), ()) (english: World Heritage Site), 世界一周旅行 (sekai isshū ryokō) (ruby: (), (かい), (いっ), (しゅう), (りょ), (こう)) (english: round-the-world trip), 世界一 (sekaīchi) (ruby: (), (かい), (いち)) (english: best in the world, most (adjective) in the world), 世界観 (sekaikan) (ruby: (), (かい), (かん)) (english: worldview), 世界気象機関: the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (しょう), (), (かん)), 世界恐慌 (Sekai Kyōkō) (ruby: (), (かい), (きょう), (こう)) (english: Great Depression), 世界記録 (sekai kiroku) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (ろく)) (english: world record), 世界銀行 (Sekai Ginkō) (ruby: (), (かい), (ぎん), (こう)) (english: World Bank), 世界語 (sekaigo) (ruby: (), (かい), ()) (english: universal language, international language), 世界国家 (sekai kokka) (ruby: (), (かい), (こっ), ()), 世界史 (sekaishi) (ruby: (), (かい), ()) (english: world history), 世界時: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Zulu time, Coordinated Universal Time (alt: UTC), 世界資源研究所: the World Resources Institute (WRI) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (げん), (けん), (きゅう), (しょ)), 世界自然保護基金: the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (ぜん), (), (), (), (きん)), 世界中 (sekaijū) (ruby: (), (かい), (じゅう)) (english: throughout the world, all the world, worldwide), 世界主義 (sekai shugi) (ruby: (), (かい), (しゅ), ()) (english: cosmopolitanism, internationalism), 世界宗教 (sekai shukyō) (ruby: (), (かい), (しゅ), (きょう)) (english: world religion), 世界人 (sekaijin) (ruby: (), (かい), (じん)) (english: cosmopolite, person of the world), 世界人権宣言 (Sekai Jinken Sengen) (ruby: (), (かい), (じん), (けん), (せん), (げん)) (english: Universal Declaration of Human Rights), 世界像 (sekaizō) (ruby: (), (かい), (ぞう)), 世界選手権大会 (sekai senshuken taikai) (ruby: (), (かい), (せん), (しゅ), (けん), (たい), (かい)) (english: world championship), 世界大戦 (sekai taisen) (ruby: (), (かい), (たい), (せん)) (english: world war), 世界知的所有権機関: the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (てき), (しょ), (ゆう), (けん), (), (かん)), 世界連 (sekaizure) (ruby: (), (かい), (づれ)) (english: in line with the rest of the world, normal), 世界的 (sekai-teki) (ruby: (), (かい), (てき)) (english: global), 世界博覧会 (Sekai Hakurankai) (ruby: (), (かい), 博覧会(はくらんかい)) (english: World Fair, World Exposition), 世界平和 (sekai heiwa) (ruby: (), (かい), 平和(へいわ)) (english: world peace), 世界貿易機構: the World Trade Organization (WTO) (ruby: (), (かい), 貿(ぼう), (えき), (), (こう)), 世界保健機構: the World Health Organization (Sekai Hoken Kikō) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (けん), (), (こう)) (english: WHO), 世界労働組合連盟: the World Federation of Trade Unions (WTFU) (ruby: (), (かい), (ろう), (どう), (くみ), (あい), (れん), (めい)), 異世界 (isekai) (ruby: (), (), (かい)) (english: different world), 可能世界 (kanō sekai) (ruby: (), (のう), (), (かい)), 器世界 (kisekai) (ruby: (), (), (かい)), 旧世界 (kyū-sekai) (ruby: (きゅう), (), (かい)) (english: Old World), 銀世界 (gin sekai) (ruby: (ぎん), (), (かい)), 月世界 (gessekai) (ruby: (げっ), (), (かい)), 実世界 (jissekai) (ruby: (じっ), (), (かい)), 新世界 (shin-sekai) (ruby: (しん), (), (かい)) (english: new world, the New World), 全世界 (zensekai) (ruby: (ぜん), (), (かい)), 第一世界 (Daīchi Sekai) (ruby: (だい), (いち), (), (かい)) (english: First World), 第二世界 (Daini Sekai) (ruby: (だい), (), (), (かい)) (english: Second World), 第三世界 (Daisan Sekai) (ruby: (だい), (さん), (), (かい)) (english: Third World), 反世界 (hansekai) (ruby: (はん), (), (かい)), 別世界 (bessekai) (ruby: (べっ), (), (かい)) (english: different world, separate world), 世世界 (yosekai) (ruby: (), (), (かい)) Related terms: 世界に余った女は無い: → there is someone for everyone (sekai ni amatta onna wa nai) (ruby: (), (かい), (あま), (おんな), ()) (english: there are no leftover women in the world; said particularly to women), 世界に鬼は無い: → the world is not full of heartless people (sekai ni oni wa nai) (english: there are no devils in the world), and there are many kind souls who will lend a hand (english: the kindness of strangers; compare), 世界は大戯場の如し (sekai wa daigijō no gotoshi) (ruby: (), (かい), (だい), (), (じょう), (ごと)) (english: the world is just like a big theatre → all the world's a stage), 世界は張り物 (sekai wa harimono) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (もの)) (english: the world is starched clothes → it's all about appearances, clothes make the man), 世界は回り持ち (sekai wa mawarimochi) (ruby: (), (かい), (まわ), ()) (english: the world comes in turns → all things come to those who wait, to everything there is a season), 世界半分自惚れしっかり (sekai hanbun unubore shikkari) (ruby: (), (かい), (はん), (ぶん), (うぬ), ()) (english: of the world, only halfway, but full of conceit → being full of oneself without bothering to learn much about the world), 世界我が物 (sekai wagamono) (ruby: (), (かい), (), (もの)) (english: the world is one's possession → acting as if one owns the world), 天地 (tenchi) (ruby: (てん), ()) (english: heaven and earth), 宇宙 (uchū) (ruby: (), (ちゅう)) (english: universe), 自然 (shizen) (ruby: (), (ぜん)) (english: nature), 万象 (banshō) (ruby: (ばん), (しょう)) (english: all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature), 万物 (banbutsu) (ruby: (ばん), (ぶつ)) (english: all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature)

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      "roman": "Sekai Jinken Sengen",
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        [
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      "word": "世界像"
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      "english": "world championship",
      "roman": "sekai senshuken taikai",
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        [
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        [
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        [
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        [
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      ],
      "word": "世界選手権大会"
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      "english": "world war",
      "roman": "sekai taisen",
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        [
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      "word": "世界大戦"
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      "roman": "WIPO",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "所",
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        ],
        [
          "有",
          "ゆう"
        ],
        [
          "権",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "機",
          "き"
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        [
          "関",
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      ],
      "word": "世界知的所有権機関: the World Intellectual Property Organization"
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      "english": "in line with the rest of the world, normal",
      "roman": "sekaizure",
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        [
          "界",
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        [
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      ],
      "word": "世界連"
    },
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      "english": "global",
      "roman": "sekai-teki",
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          "界",
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        [
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      "word": "世界的"
    },
    {
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      "english": "World Fair, World Exposition",
      "roman": "Sekai Hakurankai",
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          "機",
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          "世",
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          "界",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "能",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "界",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "世",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "sekai ni amatta onna wa nai",
      "ruby": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "sekai ni oni wa nai",
      "word": "世界に鬼は無い: → the world is not full of heartless people"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the kindness of strangers; compare",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the world is just like a big theatre → all the world's a stage",
      "roman": "sekai wa daigijō no gotoshi",
      "ruby": [
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          "世",
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          "界",
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          "ぎ"
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          "場",
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      "word": "世界は大戯場の如し"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the world is starched clothes → it's all about appearances, clothes make the man",
      "roman": "sekai wa harimono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
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          "界",
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          "もの"
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      "word": "世界は張り物"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the world comes in turns → all things come to those who wait, to everything there is a season",
      "roman": "sekai wa mawarimochi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
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        [
          "界",
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          "も"
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      "word": "世界は回り持ち"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "of the world, only halfway, but full of conceit → being full of oneself without bothering to learn much about the world",
      "roman": "sekai hanbun unubore shikkari",
      "ruby": [
        [
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        [
          "界",
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        [
          "半",
          "はん"
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          "分",
          "ぶん"
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          "自",
          "うぬ"
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          "惚",
          "ぼ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "sekai wagamono",
      "ruby": [
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          "世",
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          "界",
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          "我",
          "わ"
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        [
          "物",
          "もの"
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      ],
      "word": "世界我が物"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heaven and earth",
      "roman": "tenchi",
      "ruby": [
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          "天",
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        [
          "地",
          "ち"
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      ],
      "word": "天地"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "universe",
      "roman": "uchū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "宇",
          "う"
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        [
          "宙",
          "ちゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "宇宙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nature",
      "roman": "shizen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "し"
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          "ぜん"
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      "word": "自然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "banshō",
      "ruby": [
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        [
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      "word": "万象"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "banbutsu",
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        {
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          "roman": "Soshite boku wa futatsu no sekai no kyōkai o yabutte kotchi e tobikonde kita n da‼",
          "ruby": [
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            [
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            [
              "界",
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            [
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            [
              "世",
              "せ"
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            [
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              "かい"
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            [
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
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              "や"
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          "text": "目にはみえないが、この世界のほかに無数の世界が重さなりあって存在しているという…………。\nMe ni wa mienai ga, kono sekai no hoka ni musū no sekai ga kasanariatte sonzai shite iru to iu………….\nThey say there are countless worlds that coexist with this one even though we can’t really see them….\nそしてぼくはふたつの世界の境界を破ぶってこっちへとびこんできたんだ‼"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was so eager to see the vast world for the first time.",
          "ref": "1997 June 30 [1980 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “タンポポ空を行く [A Dandelion Soaring in the Sky]”, in ドラえもん [Doraemon], 58th edition, volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 188",
          "roman": "Hajimete miru hiroi sekai ga, tanoshimi datta wa.",
          "ruby": [
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            [
              "広",
              "ひろ"
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            [
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              "せ"
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
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            [
              "楽",
              "たの"
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          ],
          "text": "はじめて見る広い世界が、楽しみだったわ。"
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        {
          "english": "A bunny from the world of American comics. He restlessly leaps up and down like crazy fast.",
          "ref": "1999 September 23, “ダーク・ラビット [Dark Rabbit]”, in Vol.5, Konami",
          "roman": "Amerikan komikku no sekai no usagi. Totemo subayaku chokomaka to ugoku.",
          "ruby": [
            [
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              "せ"
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            [
              "界",
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          "text": "アメリカンコミックの世界のウサギ。とても素早くちょこまかと動く。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A crocodilian monster from the world of American comics.",
          "ref": "2000 January 27, “トゥーン・アリゲーター [Toon Alligator]”, in Vol.7, Konami",
          "roman": "Amerikan komikku no sekai kara arawareta, wani no monsutā.",
          "ruby": [
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              "せ"
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              "界",
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              "界",
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          "text": "彼はこの世界に住んでいないようです。"
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          "word": "世間"
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "貿",
          "ぼう"
        ],
        [
          "易",
          "えき"
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        [
          "機",
          "き"
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        [
          "構",
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    },
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      "english": "WHO",
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          "世",
          "せ"
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          "界",
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        ],
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          "保",
          "ほ"
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          "健",
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          "機",
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          "構",
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      "roman": "WTFU",
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        [
          "世",
          "せ"
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        [
          "界",
          "かい"
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        [
          "労",
          "ろう"
        ],
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          "働",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "組",
          "くみ"
        ],
        [
          "合",
          "あい"
        ],
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
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          "盟",
          "めい"
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      ],
      "word": "世界労働組合連盟: the World Federation of Trade Unions"
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      "english": "different world",
      "roman": "isekai",
      "ruby": [
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          "異",
          "い"
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          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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    {
      "roman": "kanō sekai",
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        [
          "可",
          "か"
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          "能",
          "のう"
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          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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    {
      "roman": "kisekai",
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          "き"
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          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
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          "界",
          "かい"
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      "word": "器世界"
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    {
      "english": "Old World",
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          "世",
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        ],
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          "界",
          "かい"
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    {
      "roman": "gin sekai",
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          "銀",
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          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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    {
      "roman": "gessekai",
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          "世",
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          "界",
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    {
      "roman": "jissekai",
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          "世",
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          "界",
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        ]
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      "roman": "zensekai",
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          "世",
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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    {
      "english": "First World",
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          "第",
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          "一",
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          "世",
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        ],
        [
          "界",
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    {
      "english": "Second World",
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          "世",
          "せ"
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          "界",
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          "世",
          "せ"
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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    {
      "roman": "hansekai",
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        [
          "反",
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          "世",
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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      "english": "different world, separate world",
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        [
          "別",
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        ],
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          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
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          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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    {
      "roman": "yosekai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "よ"
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        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
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        "2": "",
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      "ruby": [
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    {
      "english": "there are no leftover women in the world; said particularly to women",
      "roman": "sekai ni amatta onna wa nai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "余",
          "あま"
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        [
          "女",
          "おんな"
        ],
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "世界に余った女は無い: → there is someone for everyone"
    },
    {
      "english": "there are no devils in the world",
      "roman": "sekai ni oni wa nai",
      "word": "世界に鬼は無い: → the world is not full of heartless people"
    },
    {
      "english": "the kindness of strangers; compare",
      "word": "and there are many kind souls who will lend a hand"
    },
    {
      "english": "the world is just like a big theatre → all the world's a stage",
      "roman": "sekai wa daigijō no gotoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "戯",
          "ぎ"
        ],
        [
          "場",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "如",
          "ごと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "世界は大戯場の如し"
    },
    {
      "english": "the world is starched clothes → it's all about appearances, clothes make the man",
      "roman": "sekai wa harimono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "張",
          "は"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "世界は張り物"
    },
    {
      "english": "the world comes in turns → all things come to those who wait, to everything there is a season",
      "roman": "sekai wa mawarimochi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ],
        [
          "持",
          "も"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "世界は回り持ち"
    },
    {
      "english": "of the world, only halfway, but full of conceit → being full of oneself without bothering to learn much about the world",
      "roman": "sekai hanbun unubore shikkari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "自",
          "うぬ"
        ],
        [
          "惚",
          "ぼ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "世界半分自惚れしっかり"
    },
    {
      "english": "the world is one's possession → acting as if one owns the world",
      "roman": "sekai wagamono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ],
        [
          "我",
          "わ"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "世界我が物"
    },
    {
      "english": "heaven and earth",
      "roman": "tenchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "地",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "天地"
    },
    {
      "english": "universe",
      "roman": "uchū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "宇",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "宙",
          "ちゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "宇宙"
    },
    {
      "english": "nature",
      "roman": "shizen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自然"
    },
    {
      "english": "all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature",
      "roman": "banshō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "万",
          "ばん"
        ],
        [
          "象",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "万象"
    },
    {
      "english": "all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature",
      "roman": "banbutsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "万",
          "ばん"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "ぶつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "万物"
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      "categories": [
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "from each country of the world",
          "roman": "sekai no kakkoku kara",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "各",
              "かっ"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "世界の各国から"
        },
        {
          "english": "And I somehow managed to get across the boundary between our two worlds!!",
          "ref": "1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Just the two of us]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Tomorrow in the Letterbox] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 162",
          "roman": "Soshite boku wa futatsu no sekai no kyōkai o yabutte kotchi e tobikonde kita n da‼",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "目",
              "め"
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            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "む"
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            [
              "数",
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            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "重",
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            [
              "存",
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            [
              "在",
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            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "境",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "破",
              "や"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "目にはみえないが、この世界のほかに無数の世界が重さなりあって存在しているという…………。\nMe ni wa mienai ga, kono sekai no hoka ni musū no sekai ga kasanariatte sonzai shite iru to iu………….\nThey say there are countless worlds that coexist with this one even though we can’t really see them….\nそしてぼくはふたつの世界の境界を破ぶってこっちへとびこんできたんだ‼"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was so eager to see the vast world for the first time.",
          "ref": "1997 June 30 [1980 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “タンポポ空を行く [A Dandelion Soaring in the Sky]”, in ドラえもん [Doraemon], 58th edition, volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 188",
          "roman": "Hajimete miru hiroi sekai ga, tanoshimi datta wa.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "見",
              "み"
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            [
              "広",
              "ひろ"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "楽",
              "たの"
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          ],
          "text": "はじめて見る広い世界が、楽しみだったわ。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A bunny from the world of American comics. He restlessly leaps up and down like crazy fast.",
          "ref": "1999 September 23, “ダーク・ラビット [Dark Rabbit]”, in Vol.5, Konami",
          "roman": "Amerikan komikku no sekai no usagi. Totemo subayaku chokomaka to ugoku.",
          "ruby": [
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              "世",
              "せ"
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
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            [
              "素",
              "す"
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            [
              "早",
              "ばや"
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            [
              "動",
              "うご"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "アメリカンコミックの世界のウサギ。とても素早くちょこまかと動く。"
        },
        {
          "english": "A crocodilian monster from the world of American comics.",
          "ref": "2000 January 27, “トゥーン・アリゲーター [Toon Alligator]”, in Vol.7, Konami",
          "roman": "Amerikan komikku no sekai kara arawareta, wani no monsutā.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
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            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "現",
              "あらわ"
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          ],
          "text": "アメリカンコミックの世界から現れた、ワニのモンスター。"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "It's like he's not living in this world.",
          "roman": "Kare wa kono sekai ni sunde inai yō desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "住",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼はこの世界に住んでいないようです。"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
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          "life#English"
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      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "世間"
        },
        {
          "word": "世の中"
        }
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "literary circles, the literary world",
          "roman": "bungaku no sekai",
          "ruby": [
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            [
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            ],
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              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "文学の世界"
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "ja:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the four inner realms of 須弥山 (Shumisen)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "須弥山",
          "須弥山#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "ja:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "realm governed by a buddha"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "ja:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "space, universe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
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        [
          "space",
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        [
          "universe",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism) space, universe"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Cartomancy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the World"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
          "World",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tarot) the World"
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "philosophy",
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    }
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      "ipa": "[se̞ka̠i]"
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    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio links",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "せかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "世界"
      },
      "expansion": "世界 (MC syejH keajH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "लोकधातु",
        "4": "",
        "5": "region or part of the world",
        "sort": "せかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan-hbl",
        "2": "",
        "3": "sè-kài"
      },
      "expansion": "sè-kài",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 世界 (MC syejH keajH), originally a translation of Sanskrit लोकधातु (lokadhātu, “region or part of the world”). Compare modern Hokkien reading sè-kài.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "世界",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "界",
          "かい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sekai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
        "2": "せかい"
      },
      "expansion": "世(せ)界(かい) • (Sekai)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese female given names",
        "Japanese given names",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese surnames",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞ka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "世界"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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