世界（せかい）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: world
Example sentences
- 世界にはいろいろな国がある。 — There are many different countries in the world.
- いつか世界中を旅行してみたい。 — Someday I'd like to travel around the world.
Idioms & proverbs containing “世界”
- 貧は世界の福の神 (ひんはせかいのふくのかみ) — poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention
- 三千世界 (さんぜんせかい) — the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
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See it used in real works
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