世界観

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World view

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

Alternative spelling
世界觀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せかいかん (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key):

Noun

世(せ)界(かい)観(かん) • (sekaikan) ^{←せかいくわん (sekaikwan)^?}

worldview
○○の世界観(せかいかん)に浸(ひた)る
○○ no sekaikan ni hitaru
to immerse oneself in the world of X

○○さんの絵(え)から窺(うかが)える世界観(せかいかん)は独特(どくとく)で魅力的(みりょくてき)。
○○-San no e kara ukagaeru sekaikan wa dokutoku de miryokuteki.
The worldview that shows through from through X's drawings is unique and captivating.
- 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":
  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

→ Chinese: 世界觀 / 世界观 (shìjièguān)
→ Korean: 세계관 (segyegwan)
→ Vietnamese: thế giới quan

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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