世間体

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
世	間	体
せ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 2	てい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
世間體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) せけんてー [sèkéńtéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞kẽ̞nte̞ː]

Noun edit

世(せ)間(けん)体(てい) • (sekentei)

(keeping up) appearance(s)
(public) image
respectability
reputation (for decency)
propriety

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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