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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

世せ間けん

N3
せけん seken
  1. world
  2. society
noun

Chinese meanings

世间;社会

Examples

  • 彼かれは世せ間けんでいう音おん楽がくの真しんの愛あい好こう者しゃだ。
    He's what society calls a real lover of music.
    他是世人所说的真正的音乐爱好者。
  • 世せ間けんはあるがままに受うけ入いれよ。
    Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
    接受世间本来的样子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('61ddee48f6'); // 世間
{
  "id": "61ddee48f6",
  "word": "世間",
  "reading": "せけん",
  "romaji": "seken",
  "meanings": [
    "world",
    "society"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1373970,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は世間でいう音楽の真の愛好者だ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{世間|せけん}でいう{音楽|おんがく}の{真|しん}の{愛好者|あいこうしゃ}だ。",
      "en": "He's what society calls a real lover of music.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103406
    },
    {
      "ja": "世間はあるがままに受け入れよ。",
      "furigana": "{世間|せけん}はあるがままに{受|う}け{入|い}れよ。",
      "en": "Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.",
      "tatoeba_id": 143359
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "a72694fdbbec7ffbb3c16bbad67d5118c430a47dc4fa632e2d3e4e5254bdeaf7",
    "meanings": [
      "世间",
      "社会"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は世間でいう音楽の真の愛好者だ。",
        "zh": "他是世人所说的真正的音乐爱好者。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "世間はあるがままに受け入れよ。",
        "zh": "接受世间本来的样子。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/61ddee48f6",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1373970; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "a3b5a2327a2730351af884843598f8baaad05220cacd4e877d47c59e040cf264",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}