英和和英

読み方 せい

名詞

A generation; an age

用例

• 第五世の孫
  a descendant of the fifth generation

• ナポレオン第一世
  Napoleon I （＝the First―と読む）

読み方 よ

名詞

1

（＝世の中、浮世、世間）the world; the public; the society; life; men and things

此世→『このよ（此世）』

用例

• 世を渡る
  to walk through life

• 身をやつして世を渡る
  to sail under false colours
• 世に出る
  to go out into the world―start in life―get on in life―come to the front
• 彼はめでたく世に出た
  He started in life under the fairest auspices―got a good start in life.
• 世に出て人にもまれる、世の荒浪にもまれる
  to be buffeted by the world
• 世の荒浪に堪える
  to stand the wear and tear of life
• 世にもまれなけりゃ人に成れぬ
  The world will make a man of you.
• 世に処す
  to deal with men and things―get on in life
• 世の辛酸を嘗める
  to taste the sweets and bitters of life
• 世をはかなむ
  to be sick of life―sick at heart
• 世をはかなむ人
  a heartsick man
• 世ははかなきもの
  How mutable is the world!
  How transient is life!
  Life is but a span.
• 世のはかなさ
  the mutability of the world―the instability of human affairs
• 世のはかなさを思う
  I muse on the mutability of human affairs.
• 世を厭う
  to be weary of the world―pessimize
• 世を厭う人
  a pessimist
  a misanthrope
• 世を棄てる
  to renounce the world―die to the world
• 彼は世を棄てている
  He is dead to the world.
• 無常を感じ世を棄てて一生を慈善事業に委ねた
  Sick of life, he renounced the world, and devoted his life to works of charity.
• 世に捨てられた
  Society cast him forth
  He was cast out from society.
• 天才は世に容れられぬ
  Genius is not appreciated by the world.
• 世に容れられぬ人
  an unappreciated genius
• たいがいの人は世に忘れられてしまう
  Most men sink into oblivion.
• 世を去る
  to depart this life―go out of the world
• 世を早うする
  to die young―die an early death―sink into an early grave
• 世を憚る
  to fly the face of man
• 人は本分さえ尽くしておけば世に憚るところは無い
  If I only do my duty, I can look the world in the face.
• 世を忍ぶ
  to be in hiding―lie low―lie close―bury oneself in obscurity
• 世に名を売る
  to make a name in the world
• 世に知られぬ人、世に現れぬ人
  an obscure individual―a man of modest worth―a man unknown to fame
• 彼は世の事情に通じている
  He is in touch with the world.
• 世の事情に疎い
  He is out of touch with the world.
• 世は塵の世
  It is a dusty world.
• 塵の世を避ける
  to seclude oneself from the world―hold aloof from the crowd―live remote from towns
• 塵の世を避けて清き生涯を送っている
  Remote from towns,―Aloof from the crowd,―“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,”―he runs his godly race.
• 世の塵
  worldly affairs
• あさましき世の有様哉
  What a wretched world it is!
• これが世の常だ
  That is the way of the world.
• 世を離れて閑静なところだ
  The spot is secluded from the world.
• 味気無き世だ
  It is a dreary world―a hollow world.
• 世の味気なさを知る
  to awake to the stern realities of life
• 世を益す
  to do good―bless mankind
• あの学校は大いに世を益している
  The school is doing much good―doing a great deal of good.
• これは世を益する発明だ
  It is an invention to bless mankind.
• 飛行機は世を益するものだ
  The aeroplane is a public utility.
• 金は世を益する力ともなり世を害する力ともなる
  Money may be a power for good or a power for evil.
• 世を驚かす
  to do wonders
• 凡庸の才能でも忍耐さえあれば世を驚かすことができる
  Perseverance will enable a man of ordinary ability to perform wonders.
• 世に従う
  to swim with the stream―swim with the current―swim with the tide
• 世に逆らう
  to swim against the stream―swim against the current―swim against the tide
• 世を圧する
  to dominate over the world―domineer over the world
• 武力をもって世を圧したる二大強国も今や地上にその影をとどめず
  The two mighty Powers, which dominated over the world by military power, have been wiped off the face of the earth.
• 世の物議をかもす
  to give rise to a public controversy
• 世の反感を買う
  to incur odium
• 彼はその不正事件に関係して世の反感を買った
  He incurred the odium of the transaction
  The transaction exposed him to odium.
• 世は文明に進む
  The world advances in civilization.
• 世は相い持ち
  Men must depend on one another
  “Hand washes hand.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 彼が世に在りし時は家が栄えた
  While he lived, his house prospered.
• 親父が世に在る間は大丈夫だ
  We are safe while the old man is to the fore.
• 世に類無き
  matchless―peerless―unequalled―unrivalled―unparallelled―incomparable―unique
• 世に類無し
  It stands unrivalled in the world
  It has no equal in the world
  It is without a parallel
  It is unique.
• 世に稀な品
  a rare article
• あのような学者は世に稀だ
  Such scholars are rarely to the met with.
• 世の終り
  the end of the world―（キリスト教にては）―the Day of Judgment―doomsday
• 旅は道連れ
  Good company upon the road,
• 　世は情け
  And love to lighten life's load.

2

（＝時世）the age; the times

用例

• 世に後れる
  to fall behind the times

• 彼は世に後れている
  He is behind the times―out of touch with the times.
• 世と共に進む
  to keep pace with the times―keep abreast of the times―move with the times
• 彼は旧弊家で世と共に進まぬ
  He sticks in the mud
  He is a stick-in-the-mud.
• 世に合う
  to be in sympathy with the times
• 世に合わぬ
  to be out of sympathy with the times―ahead of one's age
• 彼の考えは十年も進んでいるから世に合わないはずだ
  His ideas are ten years ahead of his age.
• 世は変遷す
  The times change.
• 世の変遷
  the change of the times―the march of times
• 世が進むに従って人は賢くなる
  Man grows in wisdom with the progress of the ages.
• いつの世にも偉人はあったものだ
  Great men have lived in all ages.
• いつの世にも偽りの無いことは無かった
  In no age was man free from falsehood.
• この文明の世に生まれてそんなばかばかしいことは信じられぬ
  Born in this age of civilization,
  Born in this enlightened age,
  I am above believing in such absurdities.
• この日進月歩の世にありて進まざる者は退く
  He who does not progress in this progressive age must retrograde.
• 世に媚びる
  to truckle to the times―pander to the public
• 主義ある者は世に媚びず
  A man of principles does not pander to the public.
• 世が世ならあんな奴らに頭を下げはせぬ
  If I had my due, I should not cringe to such men.
• 泰平無事の世
  the piping times of peace

3

（＝一生、生涯）life

用例

• 世を送る
  to live―lead a life

• 幸福に世を送る
  to lead a happy life―live a happy life
• 不幸に世を送る
  to lead an unhappy life―drag out a miserable existence
• 人は額に汗して世を送る
  Man must live by the sweat of his brow.
• 世を終る
  to meet one's end―die

4

（＝御世、治世）reign; rule

用例

• 英国は Victoria の世に繁栄の極に達した
  England was at the zenith of her prosperity in the reign of Queen Victoria.

• 日本は徳川の世に栄えた
  Japan prospered under （the rule of） the Tokugawas.