世せ間けんは広ひろいようで狭せまい

expression, i-adjective

it's a small world

Proverb expressing that the world feels vast but connections and coincidences make it seem small.

• こんなところで会あうなんて、世せ間けんは広ひろいようで狭せまいね。

  Meeting you here of all places—it's a small world, isn't it?

• 世せ間けんは広ひろいようで狭せまいもので、同おなじ出しゅっ身しん地ちの人ひとと隣となりの席せきになった。

  It's a small world; I ended up sitting next to someone from the same hometown.