世の中
Pronunciation: [jo̞no̞na̠ka̠]
“世の中” is a Japanese word. Its 16 meanings in English:
noun
- the current world
- the secular world; the world inhabited by ordinary people, as opposed to enlightment for monks
- a society; the life and customs of the world
- land; world
- a range where influence or power is exhibited
- an unchanged or ordinary state of the world
- the state or condition of the world
- a living; livelihood
- the relations of male and female
- the life of a person
- the emperor's reign
- the current days; nowadays
- a spatial expanse that surrounds the human world
- the weather (of a period)
- the growth of crops; a good harvest
- ) which is unique to the world
Etymology
世 (yo) + の (no) + 中 (naka)
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