よのなか

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of よのなか – see the following entry.
世の中
[noun] the society made of living people of the world:
[noun] [from 759] the current world
[noun] [from the early 900s] the secular world; the world inhabited by ordinary people, as opposed to enlightment for monks
[noun] [from 759] a society; the life and customs of the world
[noun] [from the early 1000s] land; world
[noun] [from 1849] a range where influence or power is exhibited
[noun] [from 759] an unchanged or ordinary state of the world
[noun] [from 1092] the state or condition of the world
[noun] [from the early 1000s] a living; livelihood
[noun] [from the late 800s] the relations of male and female
[noun] a period where time passes:
[noun] [from 759] the life of a person
[noun] [from the late 900s] the emperor's reign
[noun] the current days; nowadays
[noun] the environment surrounding the human world:
[noun] [from the early 900s] a spatial expanse that surrounds the human world
[noun] [from 1672] the weather (of a period)
[noun] [from 1120] the growth of crops; a good harvest
[noun] [from the early 1000s] (used with (no) or (ni))) which is unique to the world
(This term, よのなか (yononaka), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)