Meaning

Primary

World History

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how 日本史 means "Japanese history"? Now we have 世界 (the world) combined with 史, or history, so this must mean… world history.

Reading

せかいし
  • Miyuki
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This jukugo word uses readings you've learned with 世界 and the kanji 史, so you should be good to go.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 世界史を学ぶ

    to study world history

    世界史を教える

    to teach world history

    世界史を取る

    to take a world history class

Context Sentences

あれ…世界史のノート、どこにしまったっけな?

Huh… where did I put my world history notebook again?

世界史の人物、名前が長すぎるの多くない?

Don't you think a lot of figures in world history have ridiculously long names?

世界史を見ていると、人間たちってずっとバタバタしてるよね。

Looking at world history, humans really have just been running around in chaos the entire time, huh?

世界史のクラスなのに、先生がなぜかパンの話を始めた。

Even though it was world history class, for some reason the teacher started talking about bread.

Kanji Composition