世界観

Japanese
Kanji in this term
世 界 観
せ
Grade: 3		 かい
Grade: 3		 かん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 世界 (sekai, “world”) +‎ 観 (kan, “view”), calque of German Weltanschauung.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

世界観 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 世界觀, hiragana せかいかん, rōmaji sekaikan, historical hiragana せかいくわん)

  1. worldview
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa" by User:Lombroso:
      たとえ我 (われ)々 (われ)の世 (せ)界 (かい)観 (かん)にそぐわないと言 (い)われようとも、こうした開 (ひら)かれた演 (えん)説 (ぜつ)は重 (じゅう)要 (よう)である。
      Tatoe wareware no sekaikan ni soguwanai to iwareyō to mo, kō shita hirakareta enzetsu wa jūyō de aru.
      Such open discourse is important even if what is said does not square with our worldview.

Descendants

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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