I Love Kanji世話 (sewa)
世話 (せわ, sewa) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “care; looking after”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- せわ
- Romaji
- sewa
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- care; looking after; help; assistance; aid · noun, suru verb, transitive
- trouble; bother · noun
- good offices; recommendation; introduction · noun, suru verb, transitive
- everyday life; everyday affairs; everyday language · noun
- sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life) · noun · abbreviation
Example sentences
日本では親は年をとると、通例子供たちの世話になる。
When parents get old in Japan, they are customarily looked after by their children.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 世話
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 世話する | せわする sewasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 世話します | せわします sewashimasu |
| Negative | 世話しない | せわしない sewashinai |
| Polite negative | 世話しません | せわしません sewashimasen |
| Past | 世話した | せわした sewashita |
| Polite past | 世話しました | せわしました sewashimashita |
| Negative past | 世話しなかった | せわしなかった sewashinakatta |
| Te-form | 世話して | せわして sewashite |
| Potential | 世話できる | せわできる sewadekiru |
| Passive | 世話される | せわされる sewasareru |
| Causative | 世話させる | せわさせる sewasaseru |
| Volitional | 世話しよう | せわしよう sewashiyou |
| Imperative | 世話しろ | せわしろ sewashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 世話すれば | せわすれば sewasureba |
Kanji in 世話
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 世話.
世界せかいthe world世よworld世紀せいきcentury世間せけんworld世の中よのなかsociety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世帯せたいhousehold世代せだいgeneration世論せろんpublic opinion世論よろんpublic opinion御世辞おせじflattery世辞せじflattery話はなしtalk
Source: JMdict entry 1374300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.