► 名詞
世間 [(1)せけん] meaning: society rank: 1
☆ 世間がどう思おうが私には関係無い ⇨ I don’t care what the society and other people think
☆ 当時世間を騒がせた本 ⇨ A book that shocked the society at the time
☆ 彼は世間が狭い ⇨ He lives in a narrow world. He doesn’t know many people, the reality of the world
☆ 彼女はいつも世間の目を気にしている ⇨ She is always worried about the eyes of the society, other people
More examples:
- その事件は五十年後情報公開によって世間に知れるところとなった ⇨ The incident became known to the general public after 50 years by information declassification
- 彼はお坊ちゃまで世間知らずだ ⇨ He is a rich kid and really naive
- 彼は世間の常識をひっくり返した ⇨ He has turned the social norms upside down
- 世間擦れし過ぎた若者 ⇨ A young person who is too street-smart
- 彼は世間が狭い ⇨ He lives in a narrow world. He doesn’t know many people, the reality of the world
- 彼は昔多くの浮名を流して世間を賑わせた ⇨ He used to be the talk of the town with numerous romances
- 世間の状況を考えて、私達は宴会等は暫く自重することにした ⇨ We voluntarily decided to refrain from party-like activities considering the current social situations
- 一時期世間を騒がせた彼女は最近すっかり鳴りを潜めている ⇨ She who used to cause a lot of controversies has been very quite recently
- 彼は世間の荒波に揉まれて強くなった ⇨ He became stronger by getting squeezed by the rough waves of the real world
- 彼の奇行で世間を度々騒がせた ⇨ He has generated controversies time to time with his antics
- 彼女はいつも世間体を気にしている ⇨ She is always worried about how she looks to others, what other people think of her
- 世間は冷たい ⇨ Society is cold, unsympathetic
- 人種差別に対する世間の意識が高まった ⇨ The public awareness on racial discrimination has risen