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世間 (せけん): world, society — Japanese vocabulary

世間 is read せけん and means "world, society". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

世間

Reading
せけん · seken
Translation
world, society
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
せけんが

Example

多くの科学者は世間に変人呼ばわりされている。

おおくのかがくしゃはせけんにへんじんよばわりされている。

Many scientists have the reputation of being eccentric.

Kanji in this word

  • 世 — Generation, World, Society
  • 間 — interval, between

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