異世界

異世界

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	world; the World
trad. (異世界)		異	世界
simp. (异世界)		异	世界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìshìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìshìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìshìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: yì-shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshyhjieh
    • Palladius: ишицзе (išicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹/

Noun

異世界

1. (fiction, fantasy) another world

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	世	界
い Grade: 6	せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 異 (i-, “different”) +‎ 世界 (sekai, “world”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ise̞ka̠i]

Noun

異(い)世(せ)界(かい) • (isekai) 

1. (fantasy) another world; isekai

Usage notes

• In contemporary manga (etc.), tropes include being hit by a truck and reincarnated as a hero, pseudo-medieval European RPG-like settings (ナーロッパ (Nāroppa)), and, more recently, extravagantly long titles.

Descendants

• → English: isekai (noun), isekai (verb)

See also

• 異(い)界(かい) (ikai)
• 異(い)次(じ)元(げん) (ijigen)
• なろう系(けい) (narō-kei)