Word Meaning ご時世

ごじせい gojisei

ご時世 is read as ごじせい (gojisei) and means the times.

Meaning

English

  1. the times
  2. the world
  3. society

Reading

Kana

ごじせい

Romaji

gojisei

Writing Variants

  • 御時世 ごじせい gojisei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 78567 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

時世

じせい

the times

時世時節

ときよじせつ

times and situations

協定世界時

きょうていせかいじ

Coordinated Universal Time

the times

中世

ちゅうせい

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

出世

しゅっせ

success in life

近世

きんせい

early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

来世

らいせ

afterlife

二世

にせい

son

後世

こうせい

posterity

あの世

あのよ

the other world

一世

いっせい

the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)

Example Sentences

2

In this harsh, petty world where money does the talking, his way of life is like a breath of fresh air.

"Welcome home. The bath is ready for you." "I'm feeling hungry, so is it ok if I eat something beforehand?" "No, don't touch a thing! Get to the bathroom." "Hey, you don't have to treat me like a germ you know." "But do you think I can help it with the current state of the world? Please hurry up. Oh, and don't forget to leave the window open after you get out of the bath."