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話を焼く話をやくせわをやくExpressionGodan verbFreq #14333
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Idiomatic expression

to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help

Examples
赤ん坊の世話を焼けるのが嬉しい。
I'm very happy that I can take care of the baby.
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Idiomatic expression

to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother; to meddle; to interfere

Examples
いらぬ世話をやくな。
Mind your own business.
辞にもおせじにもおせいじにもExpressionFreq #16546
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by any standard; (not) even as flattery

Examples
彼は口下手で、お世辞にも要領がいいとは言えませんが、それだけかえって私は彼が好きなのです。
He may be a poor talker and far from shrewd, but I like him all the better for that.
間一般せけんいっぱんExpressionFreq #17860
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the world in general; society; convention

Examples
世間一般のホテルなみにいえば良い昼食会だった。
It was a good luncheon, as hotels go.
話をするおせわをするExpressionする VerbFreq #19226
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to take care of

Examples
今から彼女があなたのお世話をします
She will care for you from now on.
界各地せかいかくちNounFreq #20705
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every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

一代っせいちだいいっせいいちだいNoun~の Adj.四字熟語Freq #23965
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once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

Examples
彼は臍を固めて一世一代の大事業に乗り出した。
He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
界征服せかいせいふくNoun~する VerbFreq #24172
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world conquest; world domination; taking over the world

ゅうせいNounFreq #12223
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Historical term

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

Examples
この壮大な大聖堂の建立は中世にまでさかのぼる。
This magnificent cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages.
せいせいNounFreq #23493
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Rare term

golden age; age of prosperity

せいNounFreq #25063
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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship

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Noun, used as a suffix; Noun, used as a prefix

the second (e.g. Edward II)

Examples
ついに1314年には、この競技はとても乱暴で危険なものとなっていたので、エドワード二世は法律を制定したのです。
Finally, in 1314, these games had become so violent and dangerous that King Edward II made a law.
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Colloquial

son

界樹せかいじゅNounFreq #25141
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world tree (religious or mythological motif)

余生せいNounFreq #25442
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one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

Examples
その将軍は退役後ひっそり余生を送った。
The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
せわNoun~な Adj.Freq #25459
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common saying; everyday talk; common parlance

2

vulgar; lowbrow; indecent

こんせこんぜこんせいNounFreq #25625
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Buddhism

this world; this life

2

こんせい only; Obsolete term

this generation; present day

大所帯おじょたいNounFreq #25953
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large household; large family

2

large group (of people); big organization

3

great wealth

っせいきNounFreq #25961
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century

Examples
1世紀は100年です。
A century is one hundred years.
んせいNounFreq #26002
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three generations

2

third generation immigrant; sansei

3

the third (e.g. Henry III)

んせかいNounFreq #26030
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New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)

Examples
僕は新世界の神となる。
I will become God of the new world.
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new world

NounFreq #26040
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Usu. お〜

flattery; compliment

せいじせいNounFreq #26223
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rule; reign

Examples
彼の治世の次の十年間の政治的状況は、控え目に言っても極度に不安定であった。
The political situation was, to say the least, extremely unstable during the next ten years of his reign.
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peaceful times

話役わやくNounFreq #26647
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manager; caretaker

Examples
さあ、今汲みなさい。そして宴会の世話役の所に持っていきなさい。
Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.
紀末いきまつNounFreq #27337
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end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

Examples
19世紀末になって初めて植物の品種改良は科学の一分野となった。
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
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end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

話係話係りせわがかりNounFreq #27532
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attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker

ゅうせいぐぜNounFreq #27753
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salvation