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

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

(fiction, fantasy) another world

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)

(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)

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