世界中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	界	中
せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3	ちゅう > じゅう Grade: 1
goon	kan'on	on'yomi

Kanji in this term
世	界	中
せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3	ちゅう > ぢゅう Grade: 1
goon	kan'on	on'yomi

Etymology

From 世界(せかい) (sekai, “world”) + 中(ちゅう) (-chū, “all over, throughout”, rendaku form 中(じゅう) (jū)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せかいじゅう [sèkáíjúú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ka̠iʑɨː]

Noun

世(せ)界(かい)中(じゅう) or 世(せ)界(かい)中(ぢゅう) • (sekaijū) ^{←せかいぢゆう (sekaidyuu)^?}

throughout the world

Idioms

世(せ)界(かい)中(じゅう)が白壁(しらかべ)造(づく)り (sekaijū ga shirakabezukuri): "all the world is plastered walls" → there are plenty more fish in the sea (in a positive sense, in reference to finding employment)

See also

洋(よう)の東西(とうざい)を問(と)わず (yō no tōzai o towazu)