"世界観" meaning in Japanese

See 世界観 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [se̞ka̠ikã̠ɴ] Forms: 世界観 [canonical] (ruby: (), (かい), (かん)), sekaikan [romanization], sekaikwan [romanization], せかいくわん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 世界 (sekai, “world”) + 観 (kan, “view”), calque of German Weltanschauung. Etymology templates: {{af|ja|世界|観|t1=world|t2=view|tr1=sekai|tr2=kan}} 世界 (sekai, “world”) + 観 (kan, “view”), {{cal|ja|de|Weltanschauung|nocap=1}} calque of German Weltanschauung Head templates: {{ja-noun|せかいかん|hhira=せかいくわん}} 世(せ)界(かい)観(かん) • (sekaikan) ^(←せかいくわん (sekaikwan)?)
  1. worldview
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-zv2KH0nJ Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 63 5 4 6 8 11 4
  2. (fandom slang) a fictional universe Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-bVzLL0JW Categories (other): Japanese terms with 3 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 8 20 16 12 14 15 16 Topics: lifestyle
  3. (fandom slang) a fictional universe as a holistic system including the rules of the story Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-zxlYceZk Topics: lifestyle
  4. (fandom slang) official and unofficial works of a fictional universe Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-wGiouOXq Topics: lifestyle
  5. (academic, slang) characteristics of a genre of fiction Tags: literary, slang
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-D2pInlxZ
  6. (academic, slang) how fictional characters see their universe, especially used in analysis of light novels Tags: literary, slang
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-YNMgDxy4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 7 11 23 44 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 10 8 7 26 37 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 10 8 7 26 37 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 4 4 2 29 55 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 3 3 28 56 3
  7. (1980s, corporate jargon) a fictional universe, especially an anime or manga one
    Sense id: en-世界観-ja-noun-ezi4rBoV Categories (other): Japanese corporate jargon

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "World view",
    "ja:世界観",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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            "1": "vi",
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        ],
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "corporate jargon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(1980s, corporate jargon) a fictional universe, especially an anime or manga one"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せかいかん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞ka̠ikã̠ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "World view",
    "ja:世界観",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "世界観"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 世界観 meaning in Japanese (5.7kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "世界観",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "世界観",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "世界観"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "世界観",
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}

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  "path": [
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). 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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