Society in Japanese 🇯🇵

しゃかい info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
1. Break it down: しゃ (sha) + かい (kai). Think of "sha" as in "share" and "kai" as in "community" or "assembly," which can help you remember the concept of a society where people share and come together.
2. Visualize a social event like a community gathering to link the word with its meaning.

Explanations:
"しゃかい" (shakai) means society in the sense of a community or larger group of people living together under a shared set of norms and institutions. It encompasses the structural and functional aspects of a group of people coexisting.

Other words that mean the same thing:
1. 社団 (しゃだん, shadan) – association, society (in the sense of an organized group)
2. 組織 (そしき, soshiki) – organization, structure (sometimes used to refer to society as an organized entity)

Alternate meanings/slang:
While "しゃかい" itself does not have slang meanings, it's often used in other phrases that can denote different aspects of society:
– 社会人 (しゃかいじん, shakaijin): a working adult, literally "society person"
– 社会問題 (しゃかいもんだい, shakai mondai): social issues/problems

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 彼は社会の役に立ちたいと思っています。
– かれは しゃかいの やくに たちたいと おもっています。
– Kare wa shakai no yaku ni tachitai to omotteimasu.
– He wants to be useful to society.

2. 現代社会には多くの問題があります。
– げんだいしゃかいには おおくの もんだいが あります。
– Gendai shakai ni wa oku no mondai ga arimasu.
– Modern society has many problems.

3. 社会のルールを守ってください。
– しゃかいの ルールを まもってください。
– Shakai no ru-ru wo mamotte kudasai.
– Please follow the rules of society.

4. 学校は社会の縮図です。
– がっこうは しゃかいの しゅくず です。
– Gakkou wa shakai no shukuzu desu.
– School is a microcosm of society.

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