せい
Meanings
Suffix
1. 地質年代区分の単位。
Kanji used
world
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
antiquity; the previous era
① 西暦を百年ごと区切ったもの。x 世紀は 100 (x − 1) + 1 年から 100 x 年までである。② 100年間。③ 長期に渡る年月。スケールが大きい様。④ 一世紀に一度あるか分からないような出来事、重大な事柄であるさま。⑤ ある事柄が大きく発展したり、象徴となったりする時代。⑥ 世代の記録。歴史。
flattery; compliment
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
① 歴史の時代区分で、古代の次代、近代又は近世の前代となる時期。② およそ鎌倉時代から安土桃山時代の終わりまで。
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
this world; this life; this generation; present day
the times
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
① よく治まった世の中。② 世の中を治めること。また、治めた期間。
troubled times; turbulent times
① 世間。世の中。身近で日常的な世界。② 世間の風潮。世のならい。③ 宗教に関係しないこと。無宗教。
this world; earthly life
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)
① 今の世の中。② 「当世風」の略。
five generations; fifth generation immigrant; gosei; the fifth (e.g. George V)
heir; successor
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
worldly affairs; ways of the world
all ages; eternity
this world; life
① この世に生存していること。
state of society; social conditions; order of the world
flattery; compliment
separation of ages; being of a different age
rare; uncommon
worldly affairs
long era; ages; eternity
① 世を治めること。
Pleistocene epoch
transmission from generation to generation
antiquity; ancient times
successive generations; successive emperors
rare; uncommon
change of times
① 自分の残りの人生を謙遜して言う言葉。
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
successive generations
destiny of the world; course of events in the world
hereditary (estates)
timeserving
heir; successor
Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings
Pleistocene epoch
binding legal effectiveness as to third parties
path of life; the world
world developments
Charvaka (ancient school of Indian materialism); Lokayata
alluvial epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
Examples (2 in total)
Queen Elizabeth I passed away in 1603.
George III has been unfairly maligned by historians.