"世間体" meaning in Japanese

See 世間体 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [se̞kẽ̞nte̞ː] Forms: 世間体 [canonical] (ruby: (), (けん), (てい)), sekentei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せけんてい}} 世(せ)間(けん)体(てい) • (sekentei)
  1. (keeping up) appearance(s)
    Sense id: en-世間体-ja-noun-vLCWZqLW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 16 14 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 15 17 15 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 22 17 22
  2. (public) image
    Sense id: en-世間体-ja-noun-YQXWzHav Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 22 17 22
  3. respectability
    Sense id: en-世間体-ja-noun-huf8mpEK Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 22 17 22
  4. reputation (for decency)
    Sense id: en-世間体-ja-noun-plclFQWt Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 22 17 22
  5. propriety
    Sense id: en-世間体-ja-noun--omaqF18 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 17 19 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 22 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 22 17 22

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "世間体",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "体",
          "てい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sekentei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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        }
      ],
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        "(keeping up) appearance(s)"
      ]
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        "(public) image"
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          "_dis": "17 22 22 17 22",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-世間体-ja-noun-huf8mpEK"
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reputation (for decency)"
      ],
      "id": "en-世間体-ja-noun-plclFQWt"
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "27 17 19 17 19",
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          "_dis": "19 19 22 19 22",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "propriety"
      ],
      "id": "en-世間体-ja-noun--omaqF18"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せけんてー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞kẽ̞nte̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世間体"
}
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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "世間体",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "世",
          "せ"
        ],
        [
          "間",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "体",
          "てい"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sekentei",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "(keeping up) appearance(s)"
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    },
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      ]
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    {
      "other": "せけんてー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞kẽ̞nte̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "世間体"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 世間体 meaning in Japanese (1.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "世間体",
  "trace": ""
}

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