Meanings
Noun
1. world; society; public
2. life; lifetime
3. age; era; period; epoch; generation
4. reign; rule
5. the times
6. world (of existence)
Alt. forms
Kanji used
world
Pitch accent
Top 2500
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
this world; this life; world of the living
society; the world; the times
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
Examples (4 in total)
Light has come into the world.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.