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世間知らず (せけんしらず, sekenshirazu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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すぐ
に
人ひと
を
信しん
用よう
し
て
しまう
。
He is naive about the world and trusts people too easily.
That way of thinking is the height of naivety.
Usage patterns 世せ 間けん 知し らずな 〈 人ひと 〉 a naive or unworldly person
He's a naive, sheltered rich kid.
世せ 間けん 知し らずも 甚はなは だしい to be utterly, hopelessly naive
Believing something like that shows how hopelessly naive you are.
世せ 間けん 知し らずを 丸まる 出だ しにする to show one's naivety plainly
The new employee was clearly showing how naive he was.
Kanji 世 generation, world, society Related words うぶ emphasizes innocent inexperience, especially in romantic or personal matters, whereas 世間知らず points more broadly to a lack of practical social knowledge.
お人好し describes someone overly trusting or easily fooled out of kindness, while 世間知らず describes someone simply lacking worldly experience.
世間知らず simply means someone ignorant of the real world, while 殿様 in this sense adds the image of a spoiled, sheltered upbringing.
世間知らず describes someone naive about the ways of the world in a fairly neutral tone, while おめでたい carries a sarcastic or teasing edge when calling someone gullible.
世間知らず bluntly calls someone ignorant of how the world works, while ナイーブ is milder and can even sound sympathetic or endearing.
Etymology Compound of 世間 (seken, 'society, the world') + 知らず (shirazu, 'not knowing', from 知る). Literally 'not knowing the world'.
