Moto 界: World; BoundaryKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カイ
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 382 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カイ)
- 世界せかいthe world; society
- 政界せいかい(world of) politics; political world
- 業界ぎょうかいbusiness world; business circles
- 財界ざいかいfinancial world; business circles
- 世界的せかいてきworldwide; global
- 限界げんかいlimit; bound
- 産業界さんぎょうかいthe industrial world
- 経済界けいざいかいeconomic world; financial circles
- 世界一せかいいちbest in the world
- 境界きょうかいboundary; border
- 世界銀行せかいぎんこうWorld Bank
- 全世界ぜんせかいthe whole world
- 第二次世界大戦だいにじせかいたいせんSecond World War; World War II
- 球界きゅうかいthe baseball world
- 視界しかいfield of vision; visibility
- 学界がっかいacademic world; academia
- 新世界しんせかいNew World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
- 自然界しぜんかいnature; the natural world
- 臨界りんかいboundary
- 官界かんかいbureaucracy
- 角界かくかいthe world of sumo
- 世界大戦せかいたいせんworld war
- 世界観せかいかんworld view; outlook on the world
- 下界げかいthe world; the earth
- 世界各国せかいかっこくcountries all over the world; all the countries of the world
- 世界各地せかいかくちevery part of the world; all over the world
- 世界遺産せかいいさんWorld Heritage (cultural, natural, etc.); World Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO)
- 他界たかいdeath; the next world
- 別世界べっせかいanother world
- 前世界ぜんせかいprehistoric age
- 外界がいかいoutside world; physical world
- 棋界きかいworld of go; world of shogi
- 業界紙ぎょうかいしtrade journal
- 法曹界ほうそうかいlegal circles
- 界隈かいわいneighborhood; neighbourhood
- 社交界しゃこうかいhigh society
- 租界そかいconcession; settlement
- 第一次世界大戦だいいちじせかいたいせんWorld War I; First World War
- 花柳界かりゅうかいred-light district; pleasure quarters
- 銀世界ぎんせかいsnowscape
- 霊界れいかいthe spiritual world
- エリア境界エリアきょうかいarea boundary
- ゲーム業界ゲームぎょうかいgame industry
- スポーツ界スポーツかいsporting circles; sporting world
- テレビ業界テレビぎょうかいtelevision industry; television business
- ロシュ限界ロシュげんかいRoche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)
- ワード境界ワードきょうかいword boundary
- 三千世界さんぜんせかいthe whole world; the universe
- 三千大千世界さんぜんだいせんせかいthe whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
- 三界さんがいthe three realms of existence
- 三界流転さんがいるてんendless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
- 上界じょうかいupper world; heaven
- 不動産業界ふどうさんぎょうかいreal estate world; property market
- 世界が広がるせかいがひろがるto have one's horizons broadened
- 世界じゅうせかいじゅうaround the world; throughout the world
- 世界で初めてせかいではじめてworld's first; world-first
- 世界に誇るせかいにほこるworld-class; (of) high global reputation
- 世界の七不思議せかいのななふしぎSeven Wonders of the World
Other readings
- 世界中せかいじゅうaround the world; throughout the world
- ロッシュ限界ロシュげんかいRoche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)
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