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

Etymology

From 世界 (sekai, “world”) +‎ 中 (-jū, “all over, throughout”).

Phrase

世(せ)界(かい)中(じゅう) • (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)

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