世話

せわ
to look after

Reading

Readingせわせわ
N4 VocabJLPT N4
Kanji世話

Meanings

  1. to look after
  2. looking after
  3. help
  4. aid
  5. assistance
  1. caren.vs.vt.
  2. troublen.
  3. bother
  4. good officesn.vs.vt.
  5. recommendation
  6. introduction
  7. everyday lifen.
  8. everyday affairs
  9. everyday language
  10. sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)n.abbr.

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

お世話になっております
おせわになっておりますThank you for all your help.
いつもお世話になっております
いつもおせわになっておりますThank you for your continued support.
お母さんは、余計な世話を焼きすぎる、と少年は心の中で思っていました。
おかあさんは、よけいなせわをやきすぎる、としょうねんはこころのなかでおもっていました。The boy thought to himself that his mother was meddling too much.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

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Practice Writing

Practice Writing 世話

The whole word, one canvas per character — with a guide, then twice from memory, every character checked