世の中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	中
よ Grade: 3	なか Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

世 (yo) +‎ の (no) +‎ 中 (naka)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よのなか [yònóꜜnàkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [jo̞no̞na̠ka̠]

Noun

世(よ)の中(なか) • (yononaka)

the society made of living people of the world:
1. [from 759] the current world
  Synonyms: 現世 (gense), この世 (konoyo)
2. [from the early 900s] the secular world; the world inhabited by ordinary people, as opposed to enlightment for monks
  Synonyms: 俗世 (zokuse), 俗世間 (zokuseken), 娑婆 (shaba)
3. [from 759] a society; the life and customs of the world
  Synonyms: 世間 (seken), 社会 (shakai)
  - 2014, 野々村竜太郎 (Ryutaro Nonomura)
    この日(に)本(ほん)…世(よ)の中(なか)を変(か)えたい！
    Kono Nihon…yo no naka o kaetai!
    To Japan… I want to change society!
4. [from the early 1000s] land; world
  Synonyms: 国 (kuni), 天下 (tenka), 世界 (sekai)
5. [from 1849] a range where influence or power is exhibited
  Synonym: 天下 (tenka)
6. [from 759] an unchanged or ordinary state of the world
7. [from 1092] the state or condition of the world
  Synonyms: 世相 (sesō), 世情 (sejō)
8. [from the early 1000s] a living; livelihood
  Synonyms: 生計 (seikei), 世渡り (yowatari)
9. [from the late 800s] the relations of male and female
  Synonym: 夫婦仲 (fūfunaka)
a period where time passes:
1. [from 759] the life of a person
  Synonym: 人生 (jinsei)
2. [from the late 900s] the emperor's reign
3. the current days; nowadays
  Synonyms: 当節 (tōsetsu), 当世 (“tōsei”)
the environment surrounding the human world:
1. [from the early 900s] a spatial expanse that surrounds the human world
2. [from 1672] the weather (of a period)
  Synonyms: 天候 (tenkō), 気候 (kikō)
3. [from 1120] the growth of crops; a good harvest
[from the early 1000s] (used with の (no) or に (ni))) which is unique to the world

References

^ Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD2P-1] Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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