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世の中

Pronunciation: [jo̞no̞na̠ka̠]

“世の中” is a Japanese word. Its 16 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the current world
  2. the secular world; the world inhabited by ordinary people, as opposed to enlightment for monks
  3. a society; the life and customs of the world
  4. land; world
  5. a range where influence or power is exhibited
  6. an unchanged or ordinary state of the world
  7. the state or condition of the world
  8. a living; livelihood
  9. the relations of male and female
  10. the life of a person
  11. the emperor's reign
  12. the current days; nowadays
  13. a spatial expanse that surrounds the human world
  14. the weather (of a period)
  15. the growth of crops; a good harvest
  16. ) which is unique to the world

Etymology

世 (yo) + の (no) + 中 (naka)

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