Illustration: In a Japanese community center, children and adults gather around a large freestanding globe during an international exchange event. People on different sides point to widely separated places, while a small child stretches both arms around the sphere and discovers they cannot reach its far side.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

世せ界かい

sekai

the world

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは世界せかいで有名ゆうめいです。

    He’s famous around the world.

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  2. 世界せかいを一周いっしゅうしたいんだ。

    I want to travel around the world.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 世界せかいは昔むかしとは違ちがう。

    The world is not what it used to be.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 世界

  • 世generation; worldOnセイ・セ・ソウKunよ
  • 界world; boundaryOnカイ

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