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世 kanji
generation, world, society, public
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
セイセソウ
Kun readings
よ
Variant forms
丗卋Words with 世
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —中世日本語Late Middle Japanese
- —近世日本語early modern Japanese
- —絶世の美女woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
- —新世紀世代millennials; millennial generation
- —ルパン三世Lupin III (manga, anime, character by Monkey Punch); Lupin the Third
- —前世紀の遺物relic from an earlier age; something extremely outmoded; museum piece
- —中世ラテン語medieval Latin
- —当世風に言うとas we would say nowadays
- —一世を風靡するtake the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
- —新世紀エヴァンゲリオンNeon Genesis Evangelion (media franchise)
- —稀世rare; uncommon
- —世嗣heir; successor
- —２世nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship; the second (e.g. Edward II); son
- —遯世seclusion from the world; monastic seclusion
- —余世one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
- —終世all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
- —降世birth of a deity or Buddha as a human being; descent into this world
- —１世紀century
- —創世期initial stage; early period; early days; early years
- —御時世the times; the world; society