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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

世よ

N1
よ yo
  1. world
  2. society
  3. age
  4. generation
noun

Chinese meanings

社会;世间

Examples

  • 新しん聞ぶんは世よの動どう向こうを左さ右ゆうする。
    Newspapers influence the current of time.
    报纸左右社会动向。
  • 光ひかりが世よにやって来きた。
    Light has come into the world.
    光来到了世间。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9413788b34'); // 世
{
  "id": "9413788b34",
  "word": "世",
  "reading": "よ",
  "romaji": "yo",
  "meanings": [
    "world",
    "society",
    "age",
    "generation"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1605810,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "新聞は世の動向を左右する。",
      "furigana": "{新聞|しんぶん}は{世|よ}の{動向|どうこう}を{左右|さゆう}する。",
      "en": "Newspapers influence the current of time.",
      "tatoeba_id": 145130
    },
    {
      "ja": "光が世にやって来た。",
      "furigana": "{光|ひかり}が{世|よ}にやって{来|き}た。",
      "en": "Light has come into the world.",
      "tatoeba_id": 174089
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fb74ea85641330815e88999c26a62a754eeedcfe60fbfec0e7c5a54028293bf0",
    "meanings": [
      "社会",
      "世间"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "新聞は世の動向を左右する。",
        "zh": "报纸左右社会动向。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "光が世にやって来た。",
        "zh": "光来到了世间。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/9413788b34",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1605810; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "bb052f315a6dc89408aaac247ec2f29dc6732005b0f2bc96af9878ee67c64bbb"
  }
}